New white paper offers professional overview US Downstream market’s COVID production loss in CAPEX projects and examines future, project execution and maintenance trends

A white paper from Reuters Events, published in conjunction with their upcoming Downstream USA Exhibition and Conference, is available to download for free. The report is divided into 3 chapters: 1) COVID-19 production losses in CAPEX related projects, 2) Project execution trends in 2021 and beyond, and 3) Downstream maintenance and reliability trends in 2021 and beyond.

The report has been authored by Reuters Events’ Head of Downstream Content, Bridgit Robinson and John G McConville CCP, Operations Director and leading expert on the downstream oil sector at Compass International. This report gives plant construction and production management a clear insight of the effects COVID-19 on US downstream construction projects in concise and factual terms. Further insight is given through interviews with key project and plant personnel, who have real experience of the challenges created by the pandemic faced by professionals on the front line of downstream construction. The report then looks forward to how process automation and the latest IT technology will play a key role in the future and highlights important topics including the void of qualified replacements available to fill future vacancies left by an aging downstream construction workforce.