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WorleyParsons ranked 1st in engineering design firms

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2013-08-15 09:06

WorleyParsons has once again been featured in the Engineering News Record Top Design Firms category, ranking 1st for International Design Firms globally. The company ranked 1st in the Petroleum market and 2nd in the Power market.

WorleyParsons is a global engineering and project delivery company providing professional services to the energy and resource sectors and complex process industries.

"We pioneered unconventional gas production–related designs in western Canada about a dozen years ago and have refined those techniques in the coal-seam methane fields of Queensland in Australia and now across the shale oil and gas plays of the US," said Andrew Wood, WorleyParsons CEO. "We see growth opportunities to apply this knowledge in select parts of Europe, Africa, Asia and South America."

"WorleyParsons has experienced rapid growth during the past 14 years in China, servicing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in China as well as actively supporting China's national initiative ‘Going Overseas’ and energy and resource acquisition," said Karl Qiu, WorleyParsons China President.

"Through working collaboratively with leading Chinese State owned enterprises (SOEs) and EPC contractors, successful project deliveries include oil and gas projects in the Middle East, an iron ore project in West Australia, resources infrastructure in Mongolia, chemical complexes in Nanjing and Brazil, and also the El Vigia Combined Cycle Power plant in Venezuela."

Most recently, WorleyParsons has introduced an integrated technical offering, which consists of unique applications and solutions under the trademark EcoNomics™ to the China market, addressing customers' demands in pursuing "Green" and sustainable development in their project developments.

"Listen to customers and deliver to their needs" is the cornerstone to WorleyParsons’ achievement and the company is committed to continue this endeavor to new and existing customers in the global energy and resource markets.

ENR the Top 225 International Design Firms was issued July 29, 2013. The firms are ranked based on design revenue from projects outside of their home countries or regions, which measures their presence in international commerce.