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New relationship emerges between Louisiana Energy Export Association, Chamber SWLA
The Louisiana Energy Export Association recently signed an agreement to become an affiliate of the Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance/Chamber SWLA in Lake Charles. LEEA represents Louisiana liquefied natural gas companies that intend to produce...
Wanhua moving forward with $1.25 billion MDI chemical complex in Convent
Wanhua Chemical Group Co. Ltd. will develop a $1.25 billion chemical manufacturing complex in the St. James Parish community of Convent, Louisiana. The 250-acre manufacturing site will be developed at the northwest corner of...
Every project team is different, but the best ones succeed through planning and collaboration
Experience is at the top of nearly everyone’s wish list for the “perfect project team,” but it’s a commodity hard to come by these days. The worker shortage along the Gulf Coast extends beyond...
Save energy and money: How your HVAC system can help
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Consider this: A great many of our commercial properties, schools, hospitals and offices were built before 1980 and haven’t replaced or upgraded their HVAC system. Ever. The HVAC is, by no means, the...
Mossville residents tap into Sasol programs aimed at relocating, preserving and hiring
Jackie Green remembers a time when she could sit on the porch of her Prater Road home in Mossville and wave at passersby. She grew up there, and had continued to live there much...
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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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