Exxon’s Baton Rouge resin unit: It’s about optimism in plastics
ExxonMobil's new polypropylene resin unit slated to begin construction this year is part of the company's overall optimism in the plastics industry, Plastics News...
Cameron LNG losses at center of SEC investigation
McDermott International Inc. is being investigated by the Securities Exchange Commission over disclosures about projected losses at Cameron LNG, the Wall Street Journal reports.
McDermott...
Heo takes the helm of Gulf Island Fabrication
Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. has new leadership.
Richard Heo has been named president and CEO, replacing Kirk Meche, who annnounced in October he was retiring....
Riding the Baton Rouge industrial construction employment lull
Across much of the country, a skilled craft labor shortage has construction firms—particularly those operating in the Dallas, Phoenix and Los Angeles areas—getting increasingly...
‘Houston Chronicle’: Will the LNG boom go bust?
Three years after Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass in Louisiana made history by exporting the first shipment of liquefied natural gas from the continental United...
Port of Lake Charles expands lease agreement with Big Lake Fuels
The Port of Lake Charles is expanding its long-term lease agreement with Big Lake Fuels by adding 58 acres of port property to reroute a...
Commonwealth plans modular approach to LNG facility
Commonwealth LNG has a strategy for building its Louisiana export facility that it's convinced will put it ahead of rival projects along the Gulf...
Sasol’s joint CEOs out over Lake Charles project failures
Sasol's joint CEOs are stepping down Thursday following an independent investigation into Lake Charles Chemicals Project, in what the company's board of directors describes...
SNF investing $375M to expand Plaquemine petrochem plant
SNF, the U.S. subsidiary of France-based SNF Floerger, is expanding its petrochemical plant along the Mississippi River in Iberville Parish.
The company is spending an...
Sempra strikes deal to expand Cameron LNG
San Diego utility company Sempra Energy and Japanese industrial conglomerate Mitsui & Co. have entered into a memorandum of understanding to expand Cameron LNG...
