Chemicals & Energy

Competition among the major EPC firms is at an all-time high.

March 22, 2017

Today's landscape for engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) companies working in the oil and gas sphere is mired with project complexity, rising costs, exposed risk and low oil & natural gas prices.

Imagine a Silicon Valley of the Sea

March 20, 2017

Bloomberg

In 2008, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel gave half a million dollars to a Google engineer named Patri Friedman, the grandson of economist Milton Friedman. The money was to establish the Seasteading Institute, which aims to spearhead the development of politically autonomous, floating "seasteads" in unregulated international waters. This was to be the beginning of a long experiment in civilization building. It also turned out to be the origin of many, many puns.

Oil Executives Are Confident That the Future Is Bright

March 16, 2017

Bloomberg

Oil prices are down nearly 10 percent over the past month, leading some to wonder if we're set for a resumption of the plunge seen between 2014 and early 2016. Executives at oil companies, however, are optimistic.

Using the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Process to Enhance the Integration of all Functions and Decision Making

March 13, 2017

Oliver Wight Americas

The Shale Industry Is Scrambling to Catch Up to Its Own Boom

March 10, 2017

Bloomberg

Five years ago, the thought of $55-a-barrel oil would have given Piotr Galitzine heartburn. Now it's keeping one of his steel-pipe shops in Houston open 24/7 and fueling a flurry of orders.

China Softens Coal Focus in Bid to Clean Up Its Skies

March 9, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

China's government pledged to dramatically slow a coal-power building binge that is threatening its environment, saying it would shut down dozens of coal-power plants and stop some new construction.

Digitization Drives Innovation in the Chemicals Industry

March 8, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

Analyst Insight: The chemical industry is a critical partner to many other industries, with nearly 96 percent of all manufactured products being touched in some way by chemistry. The accelerating pace of product life-cycles, driven by demand for new and innovative products, plays an important role in driving the need for innovation in the chemical industry. To drive innovation and improve business performance, chemical companies are looking at the role of digital transformation as a lever to improving the innovation process. – John Santagate, Research Manager, IDC

The Chemicals and Energy Industry Is Primed for Robust Growth

March 7, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

Analyst Insight: The chemical/energy industry market is ripe with mergers and acquisitions on a global basis as a way for businesses to position themselves for sustained growth. With low fuel prices, foreign competition and an uncertain economy, processors are shuffling their portfolios to offset losses. – Simon Hardy, senior supply chain evangelist, Elemica

Can A More Modern Integrated Business Planning Process Actually Inspire Millennials?

March 1, 2017

Leon Dixon, Oliver Wight Americas

Learn How to Leverage Millennial Traits Through IBP

Shell Takes Small Step to Fuel Toyota's Giant Hydrogen Leap

February 27, 2017

Industryweek

Royal Dutch Shell Plc. will build seven fueling stations for hydrogen cars in California through a partnership with Toyota Motor Corp., laying down their latest bet on the demise of the internal-combustion engine.

Chemicals & Energy

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the chemicals and energy industries. Learn how chemical and energy companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.