Halliburton announced the official opening of its Multi-Chem business line’s Acadiana Blend Plant in Maurice. The new facility will help meet growing business demands in the Gulf of Mexico market and provide expanded local service capabilities.

 

“An integral part of the way we do business includes growing along with our customers,” said James Archer, Vice President of Halliburton’s Multi-Chem business line. “Our new Acadiana Blend Plant gives us more room to leverage our unparalleled technical expertise, while continuing to meet and exceed burgeoning customer needs in specialty chemicals for unconventional resources, mature fields, pipeline and deep water.”

 

The new facility is located on 64 acres, about half of which is green space, and includes offices, a blend plant and a state-of-the-art field laboratory.

 

Multi-Chem is a business line of Halliburton and is part of the company’s Completion and Production Division. Multi-Chem is the fourth-largest provider of production chemicals in North America, delivering specialty chemicals, services and solutions that help oil and gas companies develop their resources.

 

Halliburton employs approximately 3,500 people who live and work in Louisiana. The company has 47 facilities in the state, including locations and employees in Berwick, Broussard, Cameron, Dulac, Fourchon, Houma, Intracoastal City, Lafayette, Larose, Maurice, Morgan City, New Iberia, New Orleans, Venice and Westlake.

 

Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the energy industry. With more than 75,000 employees, representing 140 nationalities in approximately 80 countries, the company serves the upstream oil and gas industry throughout the lifecycle of the reservoir.