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Speaking as a multi-decade EM and PM, Chevron is penny-wise, pound-foolish. The following positions should never be outsourced to India due to high potential to sc--w up the project development. After a few disasters, Chevron will probably source them to a E/C US contractor. I may have omitted a few as I didn't do wells or offshore..

5 Automation Systems and Instrumentation Lead
7 Brownfield Project Engineer
14 Cost Engineering Services Lead
16 CSME Design Lead
23 Early Phase Design Engineer
28 Environmental Reporting Lead
30 Equipment Lead
39 Flare and Relief Engineer
50 Instrument and Electrical Reliability Engineering Lead
71 Machinery Engineers Lead (MFG)
73 Marine Terminals Engineer
74 Materials & Corrosion Engineer - Downstream
75 Materials & Corrosion Engineer - Upstream
76 Materials & Corrosion Lead
77 Materials Engineer - R&D
78 Mechanical Engineer - Heat Exchanger
79 Mechanical Engineer - Pressure Vessel
80 Metallurgist
81 Mooring Engineer
82 Naval Architect
96 Planning Scheduling Analyst
97 Process Applications and Data Analytics Engineer
98 Process Control and Simulation Lead
101 Process Design Engineer
102 Process Design Engineering Lead
103 Process Engineer - Complex Processing Facilities
104 Process Engineer - LNG
107 Process Engineering Lead
120 Reactor Design Engineer

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Seems like upper management is trying to make a decision - do we become a US based independent or a private equity firm? I think Chevron will be private equity within 10 years. 15% return on equity, very little overhead, very little liability. No safety worries. Chevon's decentralized model with the BUs making all the operating decisions totally aligns with this.

No need to come up with meaningless strategies like higher returns and lower carbon.
What say you?

That's an indication of "IT IS THE END OF CHEVRON"....

Bro, why bother? CEO is Indian in no time

Didn't Boeing outsource engineering work to India and several planes crashed until they grounded the planes and fixed the software?
The outsourcing model has resulted in accidents and corporations cover it up with attorneys and "government deregulation". Not a lot we can do, the profits drive the business decisions....

If you don't think you need those skills in house, go ahead and do your concept phase with contractors and watch what happens. They will fix the errors and charge you for it and ruin the schedule. "Cashisgone" was a good lesson for our favorite brothers.

The workload is light in P1/P2, and you dont normally need more that 2 SME's overseeing that. I think we are still paying for a stoopid mistake made by a Houston E/C staffed with Indian SME's

Gosh. Half of those jobs shouldn't exist in house. Kudos to Chevron for finally pushing them abroad or contracting them out.

In BK We Trust

Maybe not but higher than you, bro and that's all they need it to be.

Bro, not know Indians have the highest IQ in the world?

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