PALA Interstate to invest $1.9 million in new Livingston Parish facilities
PALA Interstate LLC, an industrial construction firm specializing in metal fabrication, announced a $1.9 million investment in a new paint and blasting shop and...
How do Baton Rouge area industry leaders feel about the future?
The Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance’s newly released Q3 economic outlook survey shows that the association’s members expect continued stability in production, capital expenditure and employment...
Hood Container is investing $119M to modernize its St. Francisville paper mill
Hood Container Corp., a family-owned packaging and paper company headquartered in Atlanta, announced last week that it is investing $118.9 million to modernize its...
Danos lands services contract for new deepwater facility
Danos Operations Services has been awarded a contract to provide production services for Beacon Offshore Energy’s new deepwater facility — the Shenandoah floating production...
Danos secures three-year contract with Italian energy company
Danos of Gray has been awarded a three-year contract renewal with Italian energy company Eni to provide production labor for its Gulf of America...
Atalco in St. James Parish comes under scrutiny
Atalco’s facility in St. James Parish, the last remaining alumina producer in the U.S., is facing mounting pressure from activists, even as state and...
Chalmette Refining appoints Ingram as new refinery manager
Chalmette Refining has announced that PBF Energy has appointed Daniel Ingram as its new refinery manager, reports Biz New Orleans.
Ingram began his career with...
Petrochem owners expand their toolkit to retain workers in an increasingly competitive market
Tamika Robinson’s work ethic as a janitor caught the attention of a few process operators one day at Dow Plaquemine, and it launched her...
Study reveals energy industry’s impact on Louisiana economy
The Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association has released a new economic impact study showing that the energy industry is responsible for 25% of...
Why Chevron, BP and other oil giants are moving jobs to India
Chevron, BP and other oil companies are moving more specialized white-collar positions and related work to lower-cost labor pools in countries such as India,...
