Pipeline safeguards weren’t working during New Orleans diesel spill
A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area wetland did not have a fully functioning...
Cyber Range & Training Center opens at Water Campus in Baton Rouge
The Stephenson Technologies Corporation (STC) hosted a Feb. 1 ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Joint Cyber Range and Training Center on the Water...
Plant maintenance to boost Louisiana construction jobs in 2022
Sluggish growth in the industrial sector is preventing the number of Louisiana construction jobs from bouncing back to their pre-pandemic levels, though that might...
Baton Rouge’s Setpoint Integrated Solutions moves into Houston market
Baton Rouge-based valve and industrial equipment repair company Setpoint Integrated Solutions announced last week that it has acquired Houston-based Valsource International.
Through the acquisition, Setpoint, which...
Louisiana establishes stricter rules for oilfield tanks after accident
Louisiana regulators have established new rules for oilfield tank batteries after an explosion killed a 14-year-old girl, and plan to identify all such storage...
Hitting a wall: Only technology can take maintenance to the next level
Dow found itself battling the law of diminishing returns in its decades-long quest to optimize its maintenance processes. Though incremental improvements were made to...
The surge: Pent-up demand provokes a maintenance ramp-up for this fall and beyond
When COVID-19 decimated the demand for fuels, the first reaction by industry was to delay costs—especially in gasoline and fuel production. A great number...
