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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.

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...

BASF considers modularization to mitigate Gulf Coast labor market risks

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 carefully considering their construction methods – modularization or the...

Training is a key component of a petrochemical megaproject’s staffing model

Mar 6, 2015

The three mega petrochemical projects in Southwest Louisiana are dealing with the challenge of getting 70-80% of the workforce needs to be journey-level, as this is the recommended ratio for a petrochemical construction project to operate optimally.

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