How a small team with a vision built an industrial powerhouse in Prairieville
Five years ago, Paola Alvarado had big dreams but no work. She, along with her husband, Luis, and founding member Kerry Ponthier were knocking...
Why Shell is taking an impairment hit of up to $2B
Shell expects to book up to $2 billion in post-tax impairments after delaying construction of a major biofuels plant as European energy majors grapple...
Federal investigators say neglect behind BP explosion
BP supervisors played down workers’ concerns about an Ohio refinery spiraling into chaos, missing multiple opportunities to prevent a September 2022 explosion that killed...
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....
