Chevron Phillips plans for a major expansion in California, which will bring 500 full-time jobs to the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of the project, the firm will build an $8.5 billion factory in Orange County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Approximately 4,500 construction jobs are expected<\/a><\/strong> to be created during the facility’s completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n READ MORE: RHEEM PLANS FOR AN EXPANSION IN ARKANSAS CREATING 100 NEW JOBS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A Chevron official said that the chemicals company is seeking local talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has picked an Orange County site for an “integrated polymers” plant in collaboration with QatarEnergy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chevron Vice President<\/a><\/strong>, Bryan Canfield said: \u201cThe use of local talent is a must. Lamar has produced a lot of high-caliber employees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n READ MORE: BLINK CHARGING WILL HIRE 300 PEOPLE AS PART OF ITS TENNESSEE EXPANSION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The two corporations established a joint venture company, Golden Triangle Polymers Company, for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While many people are enthusiastic about the new facility<\/a><\/strong>, some have expressed worries about increasing traffic in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr Canfield said: \u201cWith Orange there is a lot of history there. We have been there since 1955, us and our predecessors, with a good demonstrative of being a good neighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Need Career Advice? <\/a>Get employment skills advice at all levels of your career<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The new factory will convert ethane from natural gas liquids into ethylene, which is utilized in the majority of plastic products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Administrative buildings would also be included in the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With construction beginning immediately, company representatives expect that the new facility will be operational in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: <\/strong>12NewsNow<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow us on YouTube<\/strong><\/a>, Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>, and Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chevron Phillips plans for a major expansion in California, which will bring 500 full-time jobs to the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1065,1372],"tags":[98,108],"class_list":["post-31903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-business-news","category-us-employment-news","tag-california","tag-new-jobs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}