Manufacturing activity contraction could signal economic slowdown
An index measuring factory activity shows a contraction for the first time since 2020, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s index of manufacturing...
Making oil fields smarter: The energy industry embarks on a new ‘data journey’
There are voluminous amounts of data coming out of Louisiana’s oilfields, but not many companies are effectively putting it to use. The reasons for...
The Innovators: Companies along the 10/12 corridor leaping into innovation
The industrial market is changing, and some Louisianans are finding opportunities in that change. Economic volatility, environmental mandates, geopolitics and a variety of other...
DOI awards $560 million for orphan well cleanup
The Interior Department is giving 24 states a total of $560 million to start cleaning high-priority derelict oil and gas wells abandoned on state...
New cranes increase handling capacity at Port of South Louisiana
The Port of South Louisiana has increased its capacity for handling bulk materials with two new Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 Portal Harbor Cranes. The...
ExxonMobil, LSU to research gas migration
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, or URC, has joined forces with LSU Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering, or PETE, faculty to conduct gas...
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...
Miracle Workers: 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 processes.
The...
ExxonMobil shuts down part of refinery for planned work
ExxonMobil Corp. shut a gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker on Friday for planned work at its 502,500-barrel-per-day Baton Rouge refinery, Reuters reports.
The firm also plans to shut...
A shortage of everything: A ‘perfect storm’ exposes the fragility of Louisiana’s industrial supply...
It came as a surprise to many that Louisiana’s industrial supply chain was so vulnerable. A series of unfortunate and unthinkable events in 2020...
