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US contractors urged to boost training despite oil slump

Feb 11, 2016

Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies on the Gulf Coast should focus on training skilled craft workers as a long-term strategy even as low oil prices are putting pressure on company balance sheets and project deliveries in the short term,...

Shell plans to up petchems spend; India’s GAIL eyes US ethane

Feb 11, 2016

Petrochemicals news you need to know.

US skilled pay hike to soften as project schedules slip

Jan 13, 2016

Skilled craft wage growth in US industrial construction will slow down to about 1.2-2.5% per year in the next 3-5 years but will continue to be a major cost factor for petrochemical capital projects, according to Daniel Groves, director of operations at the...

New PGP pipelines planned; US oil product exports surge; Mexico market to hit $1.6 bn

Jul 27, 2015

A selection of news from the last month.

Sasol’s Louisiana project controls capex via patchwork of supply, labor contracts

Jun 25, 2015

The near 50% drop in the crude oil price since mid-2014 has not delayed Sasol’s petrochemical construction projects in the United States “one single bit,” according to Rob Clark, vice president-project director, US Mega Projects at Sasol.

US petchems hires to peak in April 2016 on Southern growth

May 21, 2015

The demand for skilled labor in the growing US chemicals industry is expected to peak in April 2016, at around 155,787 workers, according to Daniel Groves, workforce director at the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) and chief executive of data provider...

Louisiana leads education efforts to meet workforce shortage

Apr 23, 2015

Louisiana will face the petrochemical workforce gap full on, with a projected need for additional 86,300 skilled craft job openings to build an estimated $60 billion worth of new plants and plant expansions in the next few years.

Labor shortage poses the biggest hurdle for US Gulf projects, Chevron Phillips CEO says

Apr 8, 2015

Chevron Phillips Chemical anticipates it will need 10,000 construction & engineering workers and 400 operations & maintenance professionals for its 1.5 million ton/year ethane cracker in Baytown, Texas and its two 500,000 ton/year polyethylene units...

Phillips 66 connects with veterans to bridge skilled labor shortage gap

Mar 24, 2015

The Houston-based energy manufacturing and logistics company is targeting veteran job seekers both directly and through the American Jobs for America’s Heroes initiative.

Companies leverage new methods to hire and retain Millennials

Mar 24, 2015

Companies in the petrochemical industry are leveraging new methods to hire and retain Millennials – from updating social networking presence to providing beneficial training, and even through team scholarship competitions.

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