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Owner hopes for energy construction at Avondale

By Janet McConnaughey
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. thinks the energy business might save the jobs of the 2,000 engineers and crafts people remaining at its Avondale shipyard — and even increase the workforce.

The company is bidding on oil and gas infrastructure projects and will open a Houston office on March 1 to be closer to potential customers and partners, Chris Kastner, the company’s corporate vice president and general manager of corporate development, said Tuesday.

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