Connie Fabre: The lifeblood of a community is capital investment
In recent years, the Baton Rouge region has had the good fortune to be the recipient of many new and expanded industrial plants.
The decision...
Industry leaders have ‘boring’ wish list to create the perfect petrochemical world
What does industry see as the perfect formula for growth? Ask leaders what they envision in that scenario and one thing is clear—they want stability, whether it...
Insight: Taxing energy infrastructure
Amendment 1 was recently passed by the voters to remove what was becoming a very real opportunity for entrepreneurial tax assessors to tax energy...
The big picture: The giant of the Gulf
HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD
In October, Ingleside, Texas, welcomed the hull of Shell’s Appomattox production platform, floating aboard a massive heavy-transport vessel, after its journey...
The Big Picture: From the ground up
WORLD’S GREATEST CAPACITY
This image from November might appear to be mere piles of pipes, beams and other building materials. But in roughly the next...
Cost efficiency and speed needs push engineers and contractors into futuristic territory
Such futuristic buzzwords as augmented reality, immersive mixed reality, building information modeling and digital laser scanning have taken the place of more traditional design...
Petrochemical owners and contractors ponder how to handle a second wave of Louisiana capital...
Get ready for another round of petrochemical investment. Experts say the U.S.—and the Gulf Coast in particular—is due for another, albeit smaller, round of...
As cost overruns plague Gulf Coast projects, owners look for answers
Anyone in industry will tell you cost overruns are the norm rather than the exception in the dynamic world of refinery and chemical plant...
Wind turbine jackets off the coast of Rhode Island were engineered in New Orleans...
Market fluctuations are an ever-present reality in the oil and gas industry, which means a company like Gulf Island Fabrication must be quick to...
Insight: Low-cost hydrocarbons continue to benefit the Gulf Coast
Recent announcements by ExxonMobil and Wanhua Chemical Group prove that the Gulf Coast region, and Louisiana in particular, continues to be an attractive location...
