PICAYUNE — A company building a sand-drying plant to service the oil industry is eying an August start-up. Jacque Ballay, vice president in charge of marketing and sales for Alliance Consulting Group, LLC, tells the Picayune Item when the plant cranks up, it will be able to handle a maximum of 200 truckloads of sand [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 10,2012
Tags: bitumen, diluent, distribution, employee, employment, energy, fuel, handling, jobs, materials, mine, mining, transportation, work, worker
NATCHEZ — Genesis Energy L.P. says it plans to create 20 jobs in Adams County to handle the transportation of a product made from bitumen. The Natchez Democrat reports the Houston, Texas-based company is partnering with Southern Pacific Resource Corp. to transport dilbit, a combination of diluent and bitumen, to Gulf Coast refineries. The newspaper [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 28,2012
Tags: air, air travel, airplanes, airports, Arbitration, asphalt, construction, contractor, contractors, jets, materials, runway, transportation
JACKSON — Mississippi’s busiest airport is down to one usable runway with a $13.3 million construction project at a standstill and eight months behind schedule. Completion of runway surfacing at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport was expected in June 2011, but a dispute with the contractor halted the work. Airport CEO Dirk Vanderleest says the [...] [...]