Lake Charles’ Polaris Engineering patents clean fuels process
Polaris EPC Inc., a Lake Charles-based company focusing on clean refining and energy projects, announced Jan. 11 that it has received approval from the...
Cyberattack Dos and Don’ts
You've been hacked. Now what?
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack last spring and its troublesome aftermath sent shockwaves through the industrial world. The audacity of...
Solar energy ramps up in Louisiana, but jobs are in panel manufacturing
Solar energy development seems to be heating up in Louisiana, at least on paper. There are currently 16 proposed solar farm projects, according to...
Downstream Conference Panel: Infrastructure, not pandemic, has been biggest obstacle to digitalization at plant...
Digitalization and AI technologies are more important than ever in the industrial space, but panelists at Reuters Events’ recent 2021 Downstream USA Conference in...
Feds telling pipeline owners to improve cybersecurity
The federal government is moving from asking oil and gas pipeline owners to improve their cybersecurity to telling them to do so, an attorney...
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a proclamation last week recognizing October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in Louisiana, reports KTBS.
Cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and...
Southwest Louisiana is going ‘gigacity’ with new fiber network
Vexus Fiber is investing $50 million to bring a symmetrical multigigabit speed internet service in Southwest Louisiana.
The company is fully funding the network providing...
Calcasieu hosts first-of-its-kind cybersecurity summit
Dozens of area officials participated in a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity summit on Aug. 3 at the McNeese Seed Center in Lake Charles, reports KPLC TV....
Carbon capture, storage could soon be a reality in Louisiana
A renewed national focus on reducing carbon pollution has several Louisiana businesses searching for ways to capture and permanently store the emissions in deep...
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...
