Louisiana holds more process industry per river mile than almost anywhere in North America. Between Baton Rouge and New Orleans the Mississippi is lined with refineries, chlor-alkali works, ammonia and urea complexes, plastics units and the deep-water terminals that feed them. West of that, the Calcasieu and Sabine corridors carry refining, LNG and a chemical cluster of their own. South of both, Houma, Morgan City and Lafayette support the offshore industry with fabrication yards, compression and well service.
That mix produces a particular kind of surplus. A plant that retubes a column, replaces a control valve package or converts a unit to a different service ends up with trim, bodies, actuators and positioners that are technically sound and commercially stranded. A turnaround leaves pallets of removed valves on the laydown yard with a demobilisation date attached. An oilfield service company ends up with recovered valves that no longer match its fleet. We buy all three, in single lots or as a whole crib.
Coverage
30 parishes covered
- 01 New OrleansOrleans Parish →
- 02 Baton RougeEast Baton Rouge Parish →
- 03 GeismarAscension Parish →
- 04 PlaquemineIberville Parish →
- 05 Lake CharlesCalcasieu Parish →
- 06 SulphurCalcasieu Parish →
- 07 NorcoSt. Charles Parish →
- 08 GonzalesAscension Parish →
- 09 DonaldsonvilleAscension Parish →
- 10 St. GabrielIberville Parish →
- 11 Port AllenWest Baton Rouge Parish →
- 12 ZacharyEast Baton Rouge Parish →
- 13 HoumaTerrebonne Parish →
- 14 Morgan CitySt. Mary Parish →
- 15 LafayetteLafayette Parish →
- 16 ShreveportCaddo Parish →
- 17 MonroeOuachita Parish →
- 18 AlexandriaRapides Parish →
- 19 SlidellSt. Tammany Parish →
- 20 ChalmetteSt. Bernard Parish →
- 21 GaryvilleSt. John the Baptist Parish →
- 22 ConventSt. James Parish →
- 23 GramercySt. James Parish →
- 24 ReserveSt. John the Baptist Parish →
- 25 Belle ChassePlaquemines Parish →
- 26 DestrehanSt. Charles Parish →
- 27 HahnvilleSt. Charles Parish →
- 28 ThibodauxLafourche Parish →
- 29 BogalusaWashington Parish →
- 30 PinevilleRapides Parish →
What we see
Typical surplus from this state
These are patterns, not rules. A paper mill in the north of the state produces the same valve population as a paper mill anywhere else, and a service yard on the coast produces the same recovered equipment as any other yard. The town pages go into the local detail.
Mixed lots are normal. If the material is spread across several sites or several buildings, tell us where each part is and we will consolidate. You do not need to move anything before we look at it.
Questions sellers ask
Do you buy valves across all of Louisiana?
Yes. We buy throughout Louisiana, including the smaller parishes where a single plant or mill carries most of the industrial load.
Do you collect or do we deliver?
We collect, arranged around your access rules and any date that matters.
Can you review material from several sites at once?
Yes, and it usually produces a better outcome than several small transactions.