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...
Are ‘robocontractors’ the future of Louisiana industrial construction?
A pair of LSU professors hopes that their current research could one day turn robotic exoskeletons into reality in the construction space. In the...
Picking up speed: Offshore wind gains traction
Daniel Hogan hopes to operate the first wind lease in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s a bold step, but the president and COO of...
Louisiana: World leader on climate change?
Louisiana could become a world leader in the mitigation of climate change — albeit on a very small scale. Industry leaders say some of...
Green gets real: Excitement builds as momentum for renewable energy and net-zero grows
I n many ways, growing market demand and changing attitudes are already driving a major move toward “greener” energy sources in Louisiana—irrespective of governmental...
Robots could replace 140,000 U.S. oil and gas jobs over next 10 years
After losing thousands of jobs to the pandemic downturn, robotics and automation could slash hundreds of thousands more oil and gas jobs around the...
Louisiana Space Campus planned at Michoud
The State of Louisiana has signed an agreement with NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility that could lead to the creation of a Louisiana Space Campus,...
ElementUS plans $800 million ‘rare earth elements’ project
ElementUS, a joint venture of DADA and Enervoxa, announced last week that it's planning to make an $800 million capital investment to extract rare...
Ingevity expanding Louisiana facility, upping polyol production by 40%
Ingevity Corporation is adding caprolactone polyol production capabilities at its facility in DeRidder.
The North Charleston, South Carolina based company said in an announcement late...
ExxonMobil’s virtual reality training takes off
It has been under development for some time, so chalk up ExxonMobil’s virtual reality training initiative to serendipity. The effort is coming to full...
