The U.S. shale oil and natural-gas development boom is spurring tens of billions of dollars in design and construction work, speakers and panelists told attendees at the ENR Energy Construction Summit in Houston on Nov. 15.
John Chevrette, president of the management consulting division at Black & Veatch, in his morning keynote address, said the shale boom is already creating large volumes of work for engineers and contractors at production wells, new and repurposed pipelines, and new petrochemical and other industrial projects.