Editor-in-Chief Michael Reed explores the growing challenges facing the midstream workforce, including the looming retirement wave and how companies are responding through mentorship, partnerships, and emerging technologies.
A new workforce census from the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board reveals that the UK oil and gas sector faces mounting workforce challenges due to an aging labor pool, low recruitment of women and young people, and difficulty filling site-based roles.
Editor-in-Chief Michael Reed speaks with AMPP Chair Juan Caballero about the organization’s global expansion, workforce challenges, and efforts to strengthen training and certification programs in corrosion prevention.
As the oil and gas industry faces a monumental generational shift, a key question looms over its future: is it ready for the wave of retirements and the rise of a new, younger workforce?
Data associated with workforce development is not for the faint of heart. The angst it can cause is especially real for those connected to the energy industry: employers, labor partners, contractors, educators, workforce systems and other stakeholders.
API introduces the Pipeline Contractor Assessment Program to enhance safety practices among pipeline contractors, focusing on standardized guidelines and risk management based on RP 1173.
Explore essential skills and strategies for measurement technicians to bridge the industry skills gap, adapt to technological advancements, and excel in pipeline operations. This comprehensive guide covers training, communication, and practical tips for success.
The oil and gas sector is at risk of failing to deliver the 28,000 skilled engineering construction workers needed by 2030 — unless it better understands what motivates new entrants, according to a report out today.
(P&GJ) — The changes occurring in the pipeline industry call for more effective learning cycles, critical thinking, faster application of new knowledge, and the regeneration and evolution of competence within its workforce.
(P&GJ) – One of the key and often overlooked facets of the pipeline industry is trucking: transporting raw materials to mills for pipe manufacturing, moving finished pipe to pipe yards—either directly or after initial transit by rail or barge—and transporting the pipe from the yard to the right-of-way.
Success in the pipeline industry is predicated on a blend of safety, engineering excellence and innovation. These critical success factors rest in the hands of the workforce and depend on decisions made and actions taken.
(P&GJ) — The level of work to replace cast iron and bare steel pipe has decreased in volume since 2009, when it was introduced. However, the Gas Distribution Integrity Management Program (DIMP) still requires a significant amount of construction work.
This spring, Lynn Helms, who has been North Dakota’s chief oil and natural gas regulator for nearly three decades, abandoned his usual bullish outlook toward the state’s more than 1 MMbpd of oil and 3 Bcf/d (85 MMcm/d) of gas production while speaking at a monthly webinar he holds for news media.
It may surprise some who have had contentious relationships with the Corps of Engineers over project permits, but Corps professionals take no delight in pointing out deficiencies within an application.
CR Integrity (ICR) recently completed a crucial scope of work for Doosan Babcock on the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) shutdown project at the Cruden Bay Booster Station in Northeast Scotland.
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