More Unconventional Shale Presents Challenges for EPC Companies In the past, some engineering and construction (EC) firms may have shied away from conventional oil and gas projects, which typically were a series of small, discrete, loosely-related development projects separated by stretches of time, characteristics that did not lend themselves to EC companies’ core competencies for managing large-scale projects. However, U.S. shale plays are providing EC firms with a new business opportunity which also can deliver distinct value for oil and gas companies, said John Doherty, U.S. engineering, construction and advisory leader at PwC, in an interview with Rigzone. Despite the exponential growth seen in U.S. shale plays, the oil and gas industry is still in the formative stages of developing these plays. This development involves tens of thousands of well sites being developed and the growth of scale, geography and complexity on top of existing base operations is pushing […]