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Sasol ethane cracker will restart in late December
Sasol's ethane cracker in Lake Charles is undergoing planned maintenance work and is scheduled to restart in late December, a spokeswoman for the company told S&P Global Platts.
The LCCP ethane cracker was shut down...
Lake Charles LNG gets a five-year extension
The developers of the proposed Lake Charles LNG have gotten another five years to build and start up export facilities in Calcasieu Parish.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the extension last week as the...
Cheniere pitches strategy for restoring leaky tank at Sabine Pass
Cheniere Energy Inc. has asked federal energy and safety regulators to approve a process designed to return a faulty storage tank at its Sabine Pass facility to service, Reuters reports.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s...
FLIR makes ‘strategic investment’ in Baton Rouge emissions monitoring tech firm
S&P 500 thermal imaging giant FLIR Systems Inc. has made what it calls a "strategic investment" in a tiny Baton Rouge firm that has developed advanced software used to quantify invisible gas emissions.
The investment...
My Toughest Challenge: Kyle J. Remont of RED Group in New...
Position: President
Company: RED Group, New Orleans
What They Do: Specialize in control systems design and integration, industrial IT consulting and industrial control systems security. RED...
My Toughest Challenge: Korey Kimball of Bayou Companies in New Iberia
Position: Senior manager overseeing the project management division at the New Iberia operations facility
Company: Bayou Companies
What They Do: Provide a complete line of pipeline...
More than 1,000 high school students from across south Louisiana gathered at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales in September to learn about career possibilities in construction and industry.
It was the largest Build Your Future Day the ABC Pelican Chapter has hosted.
Some 60 construction and industry companies were...
PROJECT TRACKER
10/12 Industry Report tracks the status of announced or proposed industrial projects in south Louisiana since Jan. 1, 2014, with projected capital investment of $25 million or more. The top map indicates projects estimated at $250 million or more; the map below it, those between $25 million and $250 million. Data is current as of November 1, 2018.
Second line...
