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Turner Industries sells plant management software

Baton Rouge’s Turner Industries is selling its suite of proprietary plant management and field operations software, MobilOps, to Raleigh, North Carolina-based Prometheus Group, the...

Uncertain project economics can put a contractor’s profitability at risk. Here’s how some are...

An industrial contractor’s ability to maintain a healthy profit margin can be tenuous, at best, in an age of fluctuating material prices, rising wages...

BASF’s Holland: Digitalization has been challenging but necessary during Geismar mega-project

BASF’s Beth Holland says the digitalization of processes during the current MDI3 expansion project in Geismar has brought some unexpected challenges. As vice president and...

Turnaround boosts Citgo’s Lake Charles production

A turnaround completed at Citgo Petroleum's Lake Charles refinery has upped nameplate crude oil processing capacity at the complex by 38,000 barrels per day...

Surge Protection: South Louisiana maintenance turnarounds could max out the labor force when owners...

A significant uptick in maintenance turnarounds is most definitely on the way, beginning this spring then followed by a much larger splash in October.  From a...

The Other Workforce: Managers share their advice for building loyalty among contractors and suppliers

At a time when limited manpower, accelerated schedules, and increasing construction volumes are in the headlines, an industrial owner’s attempts to build effective relationships...

How one energy company is helping its team become more adaptable to the rigors...

Change is inevitable in life and in business, but Julie Heinz at ExxonMobil says it doesn’t have to be a confusing or painful process....

The Weakest Links: How a new infusion of cash will whittle away at infrastructure...

South Louisiana’s confluence of waterways, rail, pipelines and interstates was undoubtedly the reason for industry to locate here. Unfortunately, the “to do” list of...

More than half of alert sirens inoperative in Lake Charles

More than half of the Lake Charles area's alert sirens haven't worked since they were damaged by Hurricane Laura, so there were no alarms...
Specialty Welding & Turnarounds

Specialty Welding & Turnarounds (SWAT): Diversification in a changing industry

When SWAT was founded in the summer of 2013, the company’s strategic plan for growth included adding service lines and retaining and acquiring the...

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