Meet south Louisiana’s rising industry talent—all of them under the age of 40
There is talk of “the great crew change” in the oil and gas business, and many companies throughout the petrochemical sector and other heavy...
An executive program in Robert builds a better future for energy sector WBEs
For a week in November, a group of 29 female leaders from the U.S. energy sector met at Shell’s Robert, Louisiana, training and conference...
Ready or not, a production surge is on its way to the Gulf Coast
The ripple effects of the shale boom will likely be felt far downstream. In December, panelists at the Petrochemical Supply Chain & Logistics Conference...
Oil patch owners, suppliers move to shale, but some can’t follow
Most oil patch owners, contractors and suppliers have learned the hard way in recent years that they must either adapt to a leaner low-oil...
Lake Charles banks on upcoming LNG projects in the wake of Sasol’s GTL pullout
Sasol’s decision to abandon plans for a $15 billion gas-to-liquids plant in Lake Charles late last year was essentially a nonevent, as economists and...
David Dismukes: The whys and hows of maintaining the oil price rise
The new year is bringing welcome relief to U.S. producers. As of mid-January, crude oil prices have climbed by 30% since August 2017, to...
The Exxon women in charge
In January, Gloria Moncada became the first-ever female manager of ExxonMobil’s refinery. But the firsts ended there, as women are no longer a rarity...
Morgan City has the only commercial diving school between Texas and Florida
Robbie Champagne is the founder of C-Dive, a Houma-based commercial diving company with 100 employees serving independent oil and gas producers in the Gulf...
Will Louisiana remain a major energy player when oil is no longer king?
Looking to the faraway, distant economic landscape of 2035 and beyond, industry leaders are beginning to accept the likelihood of flattening or declining oil...
Insight: Taxing energy infrastructure
Amendment 1 was recently passed by the voters to remove what was becoming a very real opportunity for entrepreneurial tax assessors to tax energy...
