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Transocean provides fleet summary
Transocean issued a monthly fleet update summary Monday which includes new contracts, significant changes to existing contracts and changes in estimated planned out of service time of 15 or more da...
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Gulf Island Fabrication CEO to retire Jan. 1
HOUMA (AP) — The head of Terrebonne Parish’s largest private company will retire Jan. 1. Kerry Chauvin has been at Gulf Island Fabrication for 27 ½ years, most of them as CEO and board chairman. Ch...
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St. Mary Leadership reports progress
By ERIN SAUCE Leadership St. Mary Co-Chair Participants in the second Leadership St. Mary class have completed three of the seven day-long sessions scheduled for the program this year. The class ha...
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Conrad declares cash dividend
MORGAN CITY — Conrad Industries announced Friday that its board of directors declared a special cash dividend of $2 per common share. The special cash dividend is payable to shareholders of record ...
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Hospitality Award nominations requested
The Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau is accepting nominations for the 2012 Employee of the Year Award. The award is open to all frontline employees in the hospitality industry who’ve render...
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British firm plans to build Miss., La. wood pellet mills
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A British power generator will build a pair of mills in southwestern Mississippi and northeastern Louisiana to make wood pellets to burn for electricity in the United Kingdom....
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Freeport-McMoRan buys energy companies
NEW YORK (AP) — Mining company Freeport-McMoRan is buying a pair of oil and gas producers for $9 billion, creating a natural resources conglomerate with assets ranging from oil rigs in the Gulf of ...
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Study: Natural gas exports would benefit U.S. economy
Exporting natural gas would benefit the U.S. economy even if it led to higher domestic prices for the fuel, according to a study commissioned by the Energy Department. The study was commissioned to...
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MidSouth announces dividend
LAFAYETTE, La. — MidSouth Bancorp Inc., announced a cash dividend in the amount of seven cents per share to be paid on its common stock on Jan. 2, 2013, to shareholders of record on Dec. 14. MidSo...
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Louisiana tax credit exchange launched
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A new online exchange that lets investors trade state tax credits has launched in Louisiana. The Advocate reports that on the Online Incentives Exchange’s first day, a $1 million...
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LSU to offer specialized study in energy law
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The LSU Law Center is developing a specialized program in energy law in reaction to increasingly complex legal and regulatory issues. The Louisiana Board of Regents approved the ...
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Artists attending Comic Con
PATTERSON, La. -- Artists Boon Businelli and Brandi Giraldo of Boondocks Tattoo in Patterson will be featured during Comic Con in New Orleans Nov. 30 through Dec. 2. Television and movie stars, alo...
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