Showdown over new tank car standards
A battle is brewing over just how stringent industry standards for tank cars should be, and the outcome will have dramatic implications for Louisiana.
Freight...
New marine applications and rising Chinese demand fuel hopes of a methanol boom
Despite lower oil and gas prices, some methanol producers feel they are on the cusp of a boom, encouraged by the advent of new marine...
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...
Executive Profile: David Rentrop, W.R. Grace
Name: David Rentrop
Position: Operations Director
Company: W.R. Grace, Lake Charles Plant
Age: 60
Hometown: Lake Charles
Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University
Where did your career start, and how...
Indorama gets permits, edges closer to refurbishing Carlyss facility
This summer, a Thailand-based industrial owner took a critical step toward breaking ground at the dormant Occidental Chemical Corp. ethane cracker site in Carlyss,...
As construction passes the halfway point, Sasol completes a major review of its Lake...
South Africa-based Sasol completed a detailed review over the summer of its ongoing Lake Charles Chemicals Project, leading to the release of a full...
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...
SWAT assembles an elite turnaround team and raises the productivity threshold
By 2014, Johnny Holifield and Jimmy Quick had several years of experience under their belts, along with some clearly defined notions about what it...
Chinese investment in St. James Parish remains on track
Yuhuang Chemical’s multiphase, $1.85 billion methanol plant in St. James Parish is on track for a late 2016 groundbreaking despite uncertain market demand for...
Vitter gets a signature win with a new law regulating chemicals
It took five years and lots of bipartisan wrangling, but Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana can finally claim victory in his battle to...
