2017 Industry Outlook: Cautious optimism as price of oil slowly rises
This story has been updated since its original publication to correctly attribute the source of information from CF Industries.
In an economic landscape shaped by anemic global...
Other ways in which the energy world is changing
Over the past two years, most energy market discussions have focused almost exclusively on production, or supply-oriented factors impacting global energy markets.
Supply-side trends, particularly...
Insight: Tax changes take aim at industry
So I’m a Dow baby. That’s right. Like so many in Louisiana, my dad spent three decades “at the plant,” joining the multinational manufacturer...
Local oil and gas producers predict EPA will soon target existing facilities
Taking what they say is a sizeable step toward corralling methane emissions by U.S. oil and gas producers, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a...
MUDBUG and Spider highlight new products
Chet Morrison Contractors of Houma debuted a new tool for cleaning drilling and production risers that the company says is safer, faster and more...
What will the industrial boom look like in the long term?
On paper, the sheer volume of announced industrial work in Louisiana is unprecedented—pegged by economists at as much as $140 billion since 2012. In...
Insight: Are oil prices bouncing back?
There are some that anticipate (and hope) that crude oil markets are starting to rebound from the abysmal price deflation seen over the past...
Executive Profile: G.T. “Butch” Darce, Taylors International Services
Name: G.T. “Butch” Darce
Position: Chairman & CEO
Company: Taylors International Services, Lafayette
Age: 66
Hometown: Morgan City
Education: Basic oilfield short courses, international sales short courses, international law short courses
Where did your career start,...
A new container-on-barge shuttle service between the Port of New Orleans and Baton Rouge...
As the chemical industry continues to boom in Louisiana and the Gulf South region, SEACOR AMH has created a new container-on-barge shuttle service from...
Long underrepresented in manufacturing, women are now changing the workforce at Louisiana plants
Everything seemed to be going according to plan for Lauren Cordell, a Sulphur High School valedictorian and Louisiana Tech University graduate. She had met...
