May 22, 2015
The heated downstream construction market will drive more petrochemical owners on the US Gulf Coast to shift from pure fixed-cost, lump-sum contracting to more cost-reimbursable and...
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...
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...
Apr 23, 2015
LyondellBasell’s recent announcement that it plans to expand Tri-ethylene Glycol (TEG) production capacity at the company's existing ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol plant in...
Apr 8, 2015
North America's chemical feedstock and energy costs will stay among the lowest in the world, and NGLs will surpass naphtha as the major cracker feed globally by 2025, according to...
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...
Mar 24, 2015
Amidst the long pipeline of petrochemical projects on the US Gulf Coast racing to bring production on stream early on while controlling costs, BASF, Ineos and other owners are...
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.
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...
Mar 23, 2015
The current crop of companies that give hiring preference to military service members includes Bechtel, Crossland Construction, Fluor, ISC, Jacobs, KBR, L.P.R. Construction Co, Marek...
