HOUSTON, July 10 (Reuters) - A coming wave of North American liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects faces staffing challenges that are prompting some of the biggest developers to expand training and coordinate projects to keep construction workers.
WORKERS NEEDEDAt present Bechtel has more than 3,000 professionals working on its LNG projects.
Two other projects - Golden Pass LNG and Plaquemines LNG - have added workers and are moving to 24-hour work schedules.
Cheniere and Bechtel are training workers using virtual simulations or via partnerships with local schools.
Venture Global LNG stitched together 18 liquefaction units in its highly modular Calcasieu Pass LNG plant, allowing it to open the facility in what it said was record time.
Persons:
Paul Marsden, Marsden, Alex Munton, Bechtel, Corey Grindal, Grindal, Cheniere, Jason Klein, Klein, Paul Varello, Curtis Williams, Nia Williams, Matthew Lewis
Organizations:
Bechtel Corp's Energy, Labor, Rapidan Energy, Bechtel, Cheniere Energy, Corpus, Plaquemines, Canada, Reuters, Commonwealth LNG, Venture, Columbia, Thomson
Locations:
U.S, Port Arthur, Christi, Kitimat, British Columbia, China, Calcasieu, Houston