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Sabine Pass shipments stand to benefit from new Panama Canal rules
New rules allowing a greater number of liquefied natural gas tankers to pass through the Panama Canal per day are expected to boost the development of the multibillion dollar industry along the U.S. Gulf...
Survey: Louisiana is among world’s top 10 places to invest in global oil and...
Louisiana is among the top 10 most attractive places in the world to invest in global oil and gas, according the the Fraser Institute’s Global Petroleum Survey.
Louisiana came in at No. 10 worldwide. Texas...
OSHA paying a visit? Here’s what you need to know.
There are lots of reasons for OSHA to come knocking at your door, but none are particularly pleasant. The financially and manpower-strapped agency typically arranges its visits based upon a higher-than-normal incident rate, accident...
Gulf Coast logistics managers fret impending bottlenecks
A sharp increase in the export of petrochemicals in the last two years has contributed to a supply chain bottleneck and forced many Gulf Coast logistics teams to look for new ways of doing...
[Sponsored Content] Save energy and money: How your HVAC system can help
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My Toughest Challenge
My toughest challenge: Richard Harbison
Position: Manager, Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex
Company: Phillips 66
What they do: Phillips 66 is a diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company. The Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex...
My toughest challenge: Jennifer Vosburg
POSITION: Senior vice president/president
COMPANY: NRG/Louisiana Generating
WHAT THEY DO: NRG is a Fortune 500 integrated power company with a diverse electric generation portfolio and a retail electricity...
The Big Picture
The Port of New Orleans welcomed its largest container ship ever when the CMA CGM–operated Pusan C, a 9,500 twenty-foot-equivalent unit vessel, called on Oct. 8 at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal operated by Ports America. The Pusan C set a record as the largest container vessel to call...
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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.
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