BASF moving forward with $780M expansion in Geismar
BASF is moving forward with a $780 million expansion at its Verbund site in Geismar, the company announced last week.
This is the final phase...
How to manage the ‘data tsunami’
Technology is making great strides in enhancing the ability of maintenance workers to do their jobs more efficiently and safely, primarily through the manipulation...
Lessons learned: Plant leaders share new strategies for reliability and resiliency
A number of unplanned events can impact a plant’s reliability and resiliency in south Louisiana. Material delays, inflationary pressures, hurricanes, high river levels, unprecedented winter weather...
Lessons learned: Plant leaders share new strategies for reliability and resiliency
A number of unplanned events can impact a plant’s reliability and resiliency in south Louisiana. Material delays, inflationary pressures, hurricanes, high river levels, unprecedented winter...
The Natural Gas State: Shale and LNG become big business in Louisiana
Louisiana’s liquefied natural gas industry and the Haynesville Shale play are now inseparably linked as they move in tandem toward a future where natural...
Brave New World: Getting ready for the inevitable energy transition
Owners in the industrial space are no longer digging in their heels in resistance to a changing global energy dynamic. Instead, they are preparing for...
Legal Quagmire: Courtroom battles threaten local project timelines
Courtrooms across the U.S. are finding themselves on the front lines of a nationwide struggle over federal and state rights in regulating environmental policy....
Louisiana in the midst of methanol investment surge
There has been enough projected long-term demand growth in the methanol market to fuel a surge in U.S. capital investment, despite a reduction in...
Miracle Workers: How companies are circumventing shortages, delays and inflation
It was unquestionably serendipitous. A few years back, Performance Contractors in Baton Rouge began an extensive self-assessment to gain better visibility into its procurement...
Fighting for industry is easy for LMOGA president Tommy Faucheux
It feels good for St. Charles Parish native Tommy Faucheux to be working in the industry that has supported his family for generations.
That’s why...
