The challenges include current project cost overruns (prior to the newly implemented tariffs), a tight skilled US labor market, a recent 25% tariff on steel and aluminum adding more uncertainty, and a potential tightening domestic natural gas market. This tip of the month (TOTM) will discuss the challenges that lie ahead. [Keep reading]
By 2020, many companies had already begun attempts to transition their training from face-to-face and add more e-learning and virtual delivery, but the COVID-19 pandemic hastened these companies to make their move with immediacy! Additionally, the industry’s financial health, used to previous highs and lows of economic cycles, faced an oil price decline in the beginning of 2020 that was coupled with a collapse in demand due to COVID-19 restrictions unlike other times. This case study is about how one company successfully converted key operator training from Face-to-Face to Blended quickly and inexpensively in response to COVID-19 concerns by using PetroSkills ePilot e-learning to deliver awareness and knowledge-level content. [Keep reading]
Discover why people are investing in process operator simulators. [Keep reading]
In May, PetroSkills Simulation Solutions delivered its very first series of virtual simulator courses. Learn about the virtual training process and hear from participants who took the course. [Keep reading]
This tip of the month focuses on possible options for transportation fuels and how they compare in terms of reliability, cost and carbon footprint. [Keep reading]
This tip of the month explores some of the current options being investigated to provide a clean energy solution in light of the global concerns over climate warming. Learn about viable energy sources other than wind and solar power. [Keep reading]
