SHANGHAI, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 120 industry experts from over 40 energy and resources companies attended WorleyParsons China's 4th Future Directions Forum (the former Leading Practices Forum) and 2014 Client Appreciation Dinner held recently in Shanghai. With support from the Investment Promotion Agency of MOFCOM, the theme for this year's forum was, "Employ China's capability to deliver international projects".
The Future Directions Forum (FDF) provides an opportunity for industry stakeholders to share and communicate best practices in employing local engineering and project management capability to deliver overseas as well as the innovations in engineering practices, systems and procedures.
Distinguished keynote speakers from a range of organisations included the Australian Trade Commission, the China Academy of Safety Science & Technology, Independent Project Analysis, Infineum, BP and WorleyParsons' advisory arm Advisian. Presentations on subjects such as chemical process safety supervision and management, applying international standards with maximizing local content, sustainable decisions in Chemicals projects, implementing supply chain solutions with Asia supply, best practices for engineering and managing overseas projects from China all provoked lively discussion.
WorleyParsons' CEO, Andrew Wood, introduced WorleyParsons' new service offerings to the audience. "Today we are nurturing two new ventures, Advisian and Digital Enterprise, offering new services to our customers to help them address the challenges they are now seeing in their markets," commented Andrew. He also expressed the importance of the Chinese market saying, "A key approach to our business in China is based on the premise of 'China roots, Global reach'. We have plans to expand and strengthen our Chinese presence and have three key areas of focus - International Chemicals, Chinese Overseas Investment and complete High Value Project Delivery solutions."
The Client Appreciation Dinner took place after the FDF with 100 customers enjoying a beautiful evening in Shanghai. Karl Qiu, President of WorleyParsons China, expressed the company's deep appreciation to his customers' for their long term trust, support and feedback over the past years. During the dinner, our culture of customer focus was re-confirmed to the audience by Andrew Wood who said, "Being proactive, flexible and responsive to customer requirements and ultimately to customer care and services are strong motivating forces within our China team."
About WorleyParsons and WorleyParsons China
WorleyParsons is a leading global provider of professional engineering services to the resources and energy sectors, and diverse complex process industries. Equipped with a skilled and motivated workforce of over 35,600 professionals spread across nearly 46 countries and 157 offices worldwide, WorleyParsons provides a board range of project delivery and engineering services to customers in the Hydrocarbons, Minerals & Metals, Chemicals, Power and Infrastructure & Environmental industries with extensive global resources, recognized technical expertise and a highly local perspective.
WorleyParsons China is the largest international Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) service provider in China. With seven offices located in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing, Chengdu, Hongkong and Ulaanbaatar, the company provides successful project solutions to our customers, e.g. Celanese, Evonik, BASF, Dow Chemicals, Dupont, Chevron, Shell, Exxon Mobil, CNPC, Sinopec, CNOOC, Sinochem, MCC, China Minmetals, Chinacoal, Sinomach, CCCC, Sinosteel, Ansteel, FMG and Ivanhoe etc.
