Federal funding comes through for building 4 more FRCs at Bollinger Shipyards
A federal omnibus spending bill for 2021 includes funding for four more Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard, which will be...
Top industry stories of 2020
A litany of tumultuous events turned 2020 into a very bipolar year. Few in south Louisiana’s industrial sector escaped the fallout from the COVID-19...
Top stories of 2020
A litany of tumultuous events turned 2020 into a very bipolar year. Few in south Louisiana’s industrial sector escaped the fallout from the COVID-19...
ExxonMobil proposes $240 million upgrade to Baton Rouge refinery
ExxonMobil is proposing a $240 million-plus investment at its north Baton Rouge refinery that will include upgrades and installation of new technology and equipment...
Metal Shark completes passenger vessel No. 12 for NYC Ferry
Louisiana shipbuilder Metal Shark has completed a four-year run of production development for NYC Ferry with the delivery of the final new vessel to...
LyondellBasell, Sasol deal is sealed
The LyondellBasell and Sasol deal is sealed.
With regulatory and shareholder approvals in place, Lyondell will operate the 1.5 million metric ton ethane cracker, the...
Expansion of Louisiana graphite facility could make it the first vertically integrated producer of...
An Australian company that built a $25 million graphite processing facility in Louisiana in 2018 is now considering an expansion, Green Car Congress reports.
Syrah...
Louisiana economist says increasing number of bankruptcies sign of worrisome disconnect
There’s a serious disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street these days, says Peter F. Ricchiuti, business professor at Tulane University in New Orleans,...
My Toughest Challenge: Rhoman Hardy of Shell Geismar
A Lake Charles native, Rhoman Hardy began his career in 1988 at Shell’s Taft plant, eventually becoming an electrical engineer there in 1991. Since...
Future stakeholder in Sasol’s Lake Charles operations ekes out a small profit in Q3
The company that recently acquired a $2 billion stake in Sasol's Lake Charles complex managed to make a small profit in the third quarter.
Petrochemical...
