Louisiana is a Hub for Advanced Chemical Manufacturing

Louisiana is globally recognized as a hub for advanced chemical manufacturing. The eight billion-dollar industry has seen impressive growth over the past five decades and is now the number 1 producer of manufacturing jobs in Louisiana, employing over twenty nine-thousand highly skilled people. According to the Louisiana Chemical Association, 1 in every 7 jobs in Louisiana can be traced back to the chemical industry. Louisiana offers unparalleled logistics for the industry. It is home of the - Henry Hub gas pricing point and has more than than: Sixty two-thousand miles of natural gas pipelines. 6 Interstate Highways 6 Class 1 Railroads with twenty seven-hundred miles of track 6 Deep Water Ports with two hundred and fifty miles of deep water channels. Other strategic advantages in Louisiana are low-cost electricity and natural gas, abundant underground storage caverns, pipeline supplies of feedstock, and the state’s abundance of talent, process technology education and workforce training infrastructure.