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Cool Planet Energy Systems Announces $168 Million Investment In Louisiana Bio-Refineries

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Cool Planet Energy Systems President and CEO Howard Janzen announced the company will build three bio-refineries in Louisiana with a capital investment of $168 million. We are now setting the pace for innovative new technologies that harness Louisiana’s renewable energy resources and supply advanced fuels to meet our nation’s energy demands.

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Methanex Announces New $550 Million Methanol Plant Project In Louisiana

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Jindal said, “Methanex’s decision to build a second plant in Louisiana is a continuation of the renaissance that our energy and chemical industries are experiencing every day. Nowhere else will you find greater workers or a more impressive energy infrastructure than right here in our state.

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Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers | ENR.

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Transportation. Survey Schedule. ENR Texas & Louisiana. Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers. I was recently asked to participate in a debate on scheduling specifications at Stanford University. Contractors routinely ignore scheduling specifications and their own CPM schedules.

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Logistics: No Drivers Needed

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A major logistics trend on the rise is autonomous road transportation—no drivers needed. Autonomous forklifts and robot arms load, unload and transport goods within the warehouse area, connecting to one another and forming flexible conveyor belts. By the BF Staff. From the September/October 2017 Issue.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Presented by Penske Logistics and authored by transportation consultant, Rosalyn Wilson, senior business analyst at Parsons Corporation, the report tracks and measures all costs associated with moving freight through the U.S. The transportation sector of the logistics industry grew by 3.6 Costs for water transportation rose 8.9

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BASF Breaks Ground On Expansion In Geismar, LA

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Louisiana Economic Development estimates the expansion will result in an additional 91 new indirect jobs. The new formic acid project will be the company’s third major investment in Geismar since 2009, joining a methylamines plant completed in 2011 and a surfactants plant scheduled for completion in 2013.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Ports provide the link for getting goods to consumers and transporting U.S. AOE’s can range from large urban airports with heavy scheduled passenger service to small rural airports serving general aviation. PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: A BEVY OF ACTIVITY. made products overseas for export.

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