Platform fire puts focus on company's use of Filipino workers

The most seriously injured workers in Friday's oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico were Filipino guest laborers at a Galliano oilfield construction company.

Filipino workers have said they were recruited from their homeland with the lure of a fat paycheck and a better life. But they said they later found themselves living in substandard conditions, working far out in the Gulf, making only modest wages.

Grand Isle Shipyard's use of the foreign workers – along with the recruiting agencies that helped bring them to Louisiana – has been criticized for more than a year.

Those criticisms are outlined in a lawsuit that claims the company conduct “rises to the level” of human trafficking, involuntary servitude and forced-labor offenses.

The alleged practices already attracted the attention of the Embassy of the Philippines. Now, in light of last week's disaster, the company is under even more scrutiny.

"We need to know more details,” Jose L. Cusia Jr., the ambassador of the Philippines to the U.S., told Eyewitness News. “Their contracts for example, how were they brought to the U.S.?”

In November 2011, Grand Isle Shipyard and several recruiting agencies were named as defendants in a class action lawsuit that claims Filipinos were brought to Louisiana and forced to work in inhumane conditions.

Grand Isle Shipyard and the other defendants are trying to to dismiss the suit, saying the allegations are false. The companies noted in court filings that they never discriminated, mistreated or harassed Filipino employees.

All of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit are citizens of the Philippines and were recruited and brought to Louisiana to work for Grand Isle Shipyard.

The workers were desperate for employment, and two Filipino recruitment agencies promised to help them obtain visas and earn substantial pay, according to the lawsuit.

Two U.S.-based placement agencies allegedly helped usher the Filipino workers into Louisiana and into the Grand Isle Shipyard’s business.

“Specifically, from the minute plaintiffs and other Filipino workers set foot in Louisiana, they were essentially imprisoned,” the attorneys wrote in one filing.

The lawsuit claims the Filipino workers were forced to stay in substandard bunkhouses. Workers reported that at times, six men slept on racks in a 10-foot by 10-foot room.

Among the other claims: Filipino workers were monitored so they would not escape, forced to abide by a strict curfew, and prohibited from obtaining driver’s licenses or even riding in a car with an American worker.

The lawsuit alleges that though the Filipinos were promised a substantial income, the employer “deducted an excessive and unreasonable amount” from their wages, upwards of $3,500 a month, for housing and living expenses. Also, the company “often deducted the cost of protective equipment and tools from the paychecks” of Filipino workers.

Because the Filipino workers were working on temporary visas in an unfamiliar place, “they had no option but to bow to the exploitative and unlawful employment practices thrust upon them,” the lawsuit states.

The civil suit claims Grand Isle Shipyard and the recruiting agencies had leverage over the workers, and if questioned, would intimidate the workers. The company allegedly didn’t treat its non-Filipino employees this way.

Several former workers said they could only leave the company’s facility to work, or for a weekly trip to a local Walmart while supervised by a Grand Isle Shipyard representative.

The Filipinos were forced to work about 12 hours per day, about six to seven days a week without being paid properly for overtime, said Attorney Joseph Peiffer.

"We had a client who had told to us that he was told that he had to weld for 24 straight hours and that he went temporarily blind as a result of it,” Peiffer said. “It's a number of these kinds of things that we are alleging."

Peiffer said he believes the lawsuit affects hundreds of current or former Grand Isle Shipyard workers.

Some of them reported that Mark Pregeant, Grand Isle Shipyard’s chief executive officer, made Filipinos wash his car, work on his home and perform other personal tasks.

Pregeant did not respond today to a request for comment. Attorneys for his company, as well as recruiting companies named in the lawsuit, did not get back to us.

In court, these attorneys have called the allegations false and are trying to get the suit tossed out.

The lead plaintiff in the case is Isidro Baricautro Jr. His story highlights a pipeline from the Philippines to a Gulf of Mexico oil platform.

Baricuatro says he was recruited to work as a welder in the United States. The recruiter secured him an E-2 visa and a welding job with Grand Isle Shipyard, where he worked off and on from January 2007 through December 2010, often in months-long stints, according to the lawsuit.

He claimed the recruiter promised him an eventual green card or citizenship in the United States in exchange for his work.

The lawsuit is pending in federal court in New Orleans. None of the plaintiffs are involved in last week’s deadly platform fire.

Earlier this year, after the lawsuit was filed, a group of the workers said company officials had intimidated them and threatened deportation unless they dropped the suit. Attorneys for the defendants denied such claims.

U.S. District Court Judge Kurt Engelhardt ordered Grand Isle Shipyard and the recruitment companies not to contact those workers.

Jose Cuisia, the ambassador, is currently in Louisiana, working as a liaison to the workers’ families back home. Cuisia said the injured workers were part of a much larger group recruited to work for Grand Isle Shipyard.

“I understand there were 162 scaffolders, and different types of workers who work on an oil rig, who were hired from the Philippines,” he said.

Cuisia said job opportunities in the Philippines are "not sufficient" and workers who can't find jobs there venture elsewhere for other opportunities.

Source :www.wwltv.com/news/eyewitness/brendanmccarthy/Filipino-workers-on-platform-explosion-describe-substandard-living-conditions-180053211.html.

President Obama to Visit New Mexico Oil Field Jobs

Oil Field Jobs -It's always busy at Linda's Grill at lunchtime as oil field jobs from around the region fill the lone restaurant in Maljamar, a no-stoplight town of 38 in the middle of the oil-rich area.On Wednesday, some of the restaurant's eight tables were filled with a rare sight: men in suits and ties. They were from the White House and stopped for a meal before President Barack Obama's visit to New Mexico's petroleum fields outside of town later in the day.

Maljamar resident Bill Gideon, 64-year-old husband to the grill's namesake, sat there about an hour before grabbing a meal and going back to work. He owns L&B Trucking and his six trucks haul piping for drilling to oil rig jobs all over the region. The economy is OK, he said, and people have jobs, but it could be busier.Companies have moved rig operations west because "the permits weren't coming fast enough, it was slow," Gideon said.

The complaints about a slow permitting process were being echoed across the industry here as Obama was scheduled to step into solid Republican territory to visit oil fields on federal lands and tout the fact that domestic oil and gas production has increased each year he has been in office.The industry is also upset over the administration's consideration of listing the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species, which it fears could curtail development.

The visit was part of a three-state swing the president is making to defend his energy agenda in the face of rising gas prices. His first stop was to a solar panel plant in Nevada, then to the oil and gas fields in New Mexico and the site of a future oil pipeline in Oklahoma.The White House said in a news release that the stop will "highlight the Administration's commitment to expanding domestic oil and gas production." Oil production is at an eight-year high and natural gas output is at an all-time high, it said.

But Steve Henke, president of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association, said production could be even higher. And he was hoping that Obama might be announcing more funding for the Bureau of Land Management office in Carlsbad, which he says is unable to keep up with demand for the drilling permits needed to accelerate the development of federally owned oil and gas resources in the state, he said.
"We feel that if the administration wants to invest with a partner to create jobs and revenue, that they should invest in the BLM and the Carlsbad field office," 

Maljamar is about 280 miles southeast of Albuquerque near the Texas border.According to the menu at Linda's Grill, "William Mitchell, president of Maljamar Oil & Gas Company(Alberta Oil Careers), which brought the first oil well to southeastern New Mexico in 1926, reportedly named the town for his three children, Malcolm, Janet and Margaret."

The world’s fastest-growing Oil Rig Jobs

Oil Rig Jobs -Collapsing natural gas prices have yielded an unexpected boon for North Dakota’s shale oil bonanza, easing a shortage of fracking crews that had tempered the biggest U.S. oil boom in a generation.Energy companies in the Bakken shale patch have boosted activity recently thanks to an exceptionally mild winter and an influx of oil workers trained in the specialized tasks required to prepare wells for production, principally the controversial technique of hydraulic fracturing.

State data released this month showed energy companies in January fracked more wells than they drilled for the first time in five months, suggesting oil field jobs output could grow even faster than last year’s 35 percent surge as a year-long shortage of workers and equipment finally begins to subside.As output accelerates, North Dakota should overtake Alaska as the second-largest U.S. producer within months, extending an unexpected oil rush that has already upended the global crude market, clipped U.S. oil imports, and made the state’s economy the fastest-growing in the union.

Six new crews trained in “well completion” - fracking and other work that follows drilling - have moved into North Dakota in the past two months alone, according to the state regulator and industry sources. Back in December, the state was 10 crews short of the number needed to keep up with newly drilled wells.“Three to four months ago, the operators were begging for fracking crews,” said Monte Besler, who consults companies on fracking jobs in North Dakota’s Bakken shale prospect. Now “companies are calling, asking if we have a well to frack.”

For the last three years, smaller oil rig jobs companies with thin pockets were forced to wait for two to three months before they could book fracking crews and get oil out of their wells. As more and more wells were drilled, that backlog has grown.Last year, an average 12 percent of all oil wells were idled in North Dakota. Even so, output in January hit 546,000 barrels per day, doubling in the last two years and pushing the state ahead of California as the country’s third-largest producer.

FEWER WELLS IDLE:

Fracking, which unlocks trapped oil by injecting tight shale seams with a slurry of water, sand and chemicals, has drawn fierce protests in some parts of the country, but it has not generated heated opposition in North Dakota.

The number of idle wells waiting to be completed in the state reached a record 908 last June, the result of a new drilling rush and heavy spring floods. Only 733 wells were idle in August as crews caught up, but the figure crept steadily higher until the start of this year.Now, the industry may be turning a corner in North Dakota, the fastest-growing oil frontier in the world.“Both rig count and hydraulic fracturing crews are limiting factors. Should they continue to rise together, production will not only increase, it will accelerate,” said Lynn Helms, director of the state Industrial Commission’s Oil and Gas Division.

The tame winter likely played an important role in helping reduce the number of idle wells - those that have been drilled but not yet fracked and prepped for production. That number fell by 11 in January, as oil operations that would normally be slowed by blizzards were able to carry on, experts said.

Residents of the northern Midwest state - accustomed to temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit (-40 Celsius) in winter and snow piles as high as 107 inches (2.7 meters) -this year enjoyed the fourth warmest since 1894, according to the National Weather Service.The milder conditions also helped prevent the usual exodus of warm-weather workers that occurs when blizzards set in.“Not everyone wants to work in North Dakota in the winter,” Besler said.

The backlog of unfinished wells has also begun to subside because the pace with which new wells are drilled has leveled off. The state hasn’t added new rigs since November.The latest state data shows oil companies brought 37 new rigs to North Dakota’s in 2011 but have not added more since November. The rig count held steady at 200 in January 2012, although more than 200 new wells were drilled in that period.

SLUMPING NATGAS PRICE PROVIDES RELIEF:

North Dakota has gotten a boost from the fall-off in natural gas drilling due to the collapse in prices to 10-year lows. Energy companies such as Chesapeake CHK.N and Encana ECA.TO have shut existing natural gas wells and cut back on new ones.

Last week, the number of rigs drilling for gas in the United States sank to the lowest level in 10 years as major producers slimmed down their gas business, according to data from Houston-based oil services firm Baker Hughes.The fewer gas wells drilled, the less need for skilled fracking crews in the country’s shale gas outposts.

Fracking in oil patches is similar to the process used in gas wells, except for the inherent power of the pumps employed. Crews inject high-pressure water, sand and chemicals to free hydrocarbons trapped in shale rock.
So big service firms such as Halliburton, Baker Hughes and Schlumberger SLB.N are reshuffling crews from shale gas fields to oil prospects in the badlands.“We have moved or are moving about eight crews. Some of those crews are moving as we speak,” Mark McCollum, Halliburton’s chief financial officer, said at an industry summit in February. Halliburton declined to specify where the crews were moving.

Calgary-based Calfrac moved one crew into the Bakken in late 2011, according to an SEC filing. Privately owned FTS International no longer works in the gas-rich Barnett shale but has set up operations in the Utica, an emerging prospect in Ohio and western Pennsylvania, according to a company representative.The reallocations come with some efficiency losses. Halliburton had to scale back its 24-hour operations and is still trying to solve logistical problems.

“You actually take the crew from one basin and they have to go stay in motels, you have to pay them per diems for a while. And then you have to double up your personnel while you’re training new, locally based crew on the equipment once it is moved,” McCollum said.At the same time, a shortage of key equipment such as pressure pumps is easing as companies start taking delivery of material ordered months or even years ago.

It takes about 15 such pumps to frack a gas well, and many more for oil wells.The total pressure-pumping capacity in the United States at the end of 2012 will be 19 million horsepower, two-and-a-half times more than in 2009, according to Dan Pickering, analyst with Tudor Holt and Pickering in Houston.

FRACKING AROUND THE NATION:

Easing personnel constraints suggest recruiters may be meeting with success in nationwide campaigns to attract workers with specialized knowledge of complex pumps and hazmat trucks - and a willingness to brave harsh conditions.Even with U.S. unemployment at 8.3 percent, such skilled labor remains in short supply despite salaries from $70,000 to $120,000 a year. In North Dakota, unemployment was just 3.2 percent in January, the lowest rate in the nation.

Fracking crews, much like roughnecks on drilling rigs, clock in 12-hour shifts for two straight weeks before getting a day off. They live in camps far from cities and towns. Jobs are transient -a few weeks at a single location. Most workers divide their time between the California desert, Texas ranchlands and the freezing badlands of the Midwest state.

Companies have scrambled to nab talent, with recruiters scouring far and wide. Military bases have gotten frequent visits, and some companies have hired truckers from Europe.“There’s definitely a push to look all over for people who have good experience since it takes at least six months to train someone how to use a fracking pump,” said David Vaucher, analyst with IHS Cambridge Energy Research.For more detail visit Alberta Oil Careers.

Oil Field Jobs eBook Educates Public on Shale Oil Plays

Oil Field jobs in North Dakota has created a media and jobs frenzy in recent months. Most published newspaper stories or 5 minute news spots do little more than communicate the fact that there is newly discovered oil and thousands of jobs available in North Dakota. These types of stories leave most people, who are uneducated about the industry, wondering if the jobs oasis really exists or if it is a hoax.

The logical next step for someone who is interested in learning more about The oil field jobs is to research it to see what it is all about and if there really are jobs available. This is where the difficultly begins. There is very little comprehensive information online or in print about The oil field jobs, much less how to go about getting a job in North Dakota.

The solution for many, however, has been a newly released eBook entitled the “Shale Oil Revolution,” by Matt King of albertaoilcareers.com. The book clearly outlines the processes which made this new oil rig jobs economically viable, and arms its readers with baseline knowledge to excel in an interview or to simply gain a better understanding of what is going on. The greatest benefit of this eBook is that although it describes the technical processes of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, it is still easy enough for anyone outside the oil industry to understand.

When asked why he wrote this eBook, Matt King said, “I was tasked to gain an expert knowledge level of new shale oil field jobs in the country for my position, but there was not a consistent resource I could draw from to be able to explain the industry to my colleagues and boss. I started my oil industry career knowing absolutely nothing about these new oil field jobs and after several years of research, I became a relied upon speaker on the subject for a Fortune 500 company. This book is the result of my research and speaking with and shadowing current industry leaders in The oil field in North Dakota.”

He also said that his main goal for writing the “Shale Oil Revolution” was to educate the general public about the new shale oil industry and to help potential oil industry applicants with a solid foundation in order to stand out in an interview.

The book covers several topics in detail from the historical oil production methods to the modern methods of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. In addition, the book walks through a typical Well from leasing the land and minerals to producing and refining the oil and gas. The embedded graphics and clear descriptions throughout do not leave much to the imagination, which is great for those who have not been exposed to the industry before.

The release of this book will no doubt help the hundreds of thousands of people who search daily on the internet for information about The Bakken and other new oil discoveries.

About the Website:

Alberta Oil Careers is a recently launched website dedicated to educating the public about the emergence of new oil discoveries, unconventional resource production. The website also provides links to Oil Jobs information and resources about other emerging such plays such as the Niobrara, The Eagle Ford, and North Slope Shale Plays.

Oil Rig Jobs -Jobs markets red hot in GP

Oil Rig Jobs -Workers young and old attended a job fair at the Holiday Inn in droves Wednesday as more than 40 businesses were scooping up skilled and unskilled labourers.

Kyle Charpentier, representing FMC Technologies, said the labour shortage isn’t anything new, and the company is always looking to fill entry-level positions.“Education always helps, but if you’re willing to work, pull the wrenches, you’re hired,” he said.But with the dozens of oil companies handing out high paying, immediate employment, other Peace Country trades are feeling the pinch.

Dale Thomas, owner of Thomas Mechanic Services in Grande Prairie said qualified heavy-duty mechanics are few and far between.“They’re very, very difficult to find,” Thomas said.” More so in the Peace Country.”
This is the first year Thomas has set up at a Oil Rig jobs fair and still, he saw the young workers gravitate to oil patch work.

“The problem is we’ve maxed out in apprentices, and we can’t hire more until we have more licensed guys,” he said.” And there are just not enough people coming into the trade.”He said heavy-duty apprenticeship is low paying and hard work, and young people are looking at the alternatives.“Where you can take a $3,000 course for a month, become a truck driver and go into the oil field jobs, and make good money right off the bat.”

But he said his focus is on young people, and training them to be valuable, skilled workers. Lance Chalifoux, 26 came to Grande Prairie under a week ago, and he already has at least one job lined up which starts Monday.Struggling for months to find work in construction in Kamloops, B.C., he came to Grande Prairie looking for oil work, and found an entry-level position that pays him $20 per hour.

He said by having a Class 5 driver’s licence, he’s qualified is the eyes of most oil companies at the fair. “I’m just at the fair incase something falls through, or there’s a company that pays better, or has better benefits.”And although he’s come to Alberta oil careers for a paycheque, he’s looking for further career opportunities.Another applicant in search of work was Richard Green, 49 who is looking to switch careers.

Green says he may be late in the game, but isn’t daunted by the young blood companies are hiring on the spot. “I’m looking at my age. I’m looking for something I want to do for the next 10 years, to retire from,” he said.He’s a little scared about jumping careers, but as long as he has a paycheque, he can take his time.

Oil field jobs equipment assembly plant near Bynum taking job applications, preparing to open

Oil Field Jobs -A Texas company is looking for engineers, welders and other employees for an oil field jobs equipment assembly plant it plans to open on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana.Lauren Engineering and Construction of Abilene, Texas, expects to begin operations just south of Bynum by late April, the Missoulian  reported Tuesday.

Lauren Engineering plans to haul modular equipment from Abilene and assemble it at a 160-acre site on U.S. Highway 89 for delivery to oil field jobs in Alberta. The company bought the land in November.Lauren is building pipe rack modules, or frameworks that carry large sections of specialized pipes for oil-sands refinery tank farms. They weigh between 40,000 and 150,000 pounds and average 80 feet long.

Choteau's finance director Jodi Rogers says the company is hiring about 70 people.An employment office in Choteau is open briefly on Mondays and Tuesdays to take resumes for jobs at the site. Choteau's finance director Jodi Rogers said the company is hiring about 70 people, including security guards and secretaries.

"It's an opportunity for there to be some good-paying oil rig jobs in our community," Rogers said. "I expect they'll be coming from as far as great Falls. They couldn't pull enough people for that just out of Choteau."The spot at Bynum is one of the first places where the pieces could be put together in large sections and hauled to Canada without crossing a mountain pass or other difficult road obstacles.

The construction work is separate from the so-called mega loads that have been traveling from the Port of Lewiston in Idaho through northwestern Montana to an oil sands project in Alberta Oil Careers.

Oil Rig Jobs Abound In Energy Industry's New Boom Time

Oil Field Jobs -Economists say many industries are looking up this year. But perhaps none has a better outlook than the energy sector.New drilling technologies and rising fuel prices have generated a boom in drilling -and lots of high-paying jobs for people with the skills to work in the oil patch. On some college campuses, companies are so eager to find petroleum engineers that they are offering Oil Field jobs to students even before they have graduated.At the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Chris Enger is among the seniors who are being sought out by employers. "I feel very lucky and very glad I chose engineering," he says, "and specifically petroleum engineering."

Set to graduate with a bachelor's degree this May, Enger already has a job lined up with EOG Resources, a Texas-based oil and gas company."I've got friends on other campuses that may not have jobs and are considering pursuing a graduate degree, which seems to be a lot of people's options when they can't find a job," he says.At the School of Mines, graduates in petroleum engineering don't have to run up debt in graduate school. Their average starting salary? Nearly $79,000.

Students are flocking to the field -and to colleges like this one, which has a nearly perfect oil rig jobs-placement rate for graduating seniors.Professor Bill Eustes teaches a drilling class in which students learn how to design the piping in an oil and gas well to prevent explosions.A decade ago, there were only 21 students in his class. Today, there are about 160.

"When the [oil] prices climb, we typically see the number of students build also," he says. "Why? Because the jobs are there."The need for young workers is especially intense now because many of the people who entered the oil business during the 1970s oil boom are retiring. At the same time, new drilling techniques are making it possible to get oil and gas from shale. That new supply is boosting demand for workers.

"If you would have told me 10 years ago that shale would have been a gas reserve, I would have gone, 'You're crazy.' But they found a way to do it," Eustes says. "So we've got the technology improving; we've got these new reserves opening up; we've got this crew change coming up -all of these things have conspired to require people."Jessica Lambdin is a recruiter for Encana Corp., which has traditionally been a natural-gas powerhouse. But because natural gas prices are down and oil prices are up, the company is now shifting its focus to recovering so-called unconventional oil.

The reason, she says, is that "we're really innovative, and students have a really strong desire to bring that to a corporation. And that's really important currently, in today's economy."Encana is one of dozens of companies actively recruiting at the Colorado School of Mines and at similar schools from Texas to Montana. A recent career fair on the campus drew more than half the student body. Companies came back the next day and conducted 1,000 interviews.

Ali Amacki, a junior from Oman, says there's a buzz among his petroleum-engineering classmates. The new technology means the industry is no longer generating just traditional jobs involving oil derricks."Easy oil is gone," Amacki says. "People have been producing easy oil for decades now. Now we are the hard oil generation." for alberta Oil Careers.

Oil Rig Jobs -Want to work in the Bakken?

Oil Rig Jobs -From fast food to executive level jobs, there is opportunity in oil.“At any given time just in Williston we have over 3,000 jobs,” said Shawn Wenko, assistant director of Williston Economic Development.

Those looking to take advantage of North Dakota’s oil boom will need to do some research before finding the right opportunity. Not only do some of the oil rig jobs have strict requirements, but it can be difficult to find affordable housing, especially for a family. The economic development office has complete information about relocating on its website.

According to Williston Economic Development, oil industry positions are available in both exploration and production. Positions include: shop technician, sales, clerical, mechanical, welder, roustabout, truck driver, electronic tech, operator assistant, seismic, crane operator, concrete finisher and mud logger.

Here’s the specifics:

1.Most positions are labor-intensive and involve outdoor work in all weather conditions;

2. Minimum age restrictions may be 18 or 21 years old;

3. Drug testing is required in the hiring process and performed randomly on the job;

4. Most positions require a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record;

5. Some require a commercial driver’s license (CDL), or the ability to acquire one;

6. Significant overtime hours may be available. It is important to check with the company regarding work schedules.

One Rapid City man has started an employment services business to help people from this area connect with oil field jobs.

Jim Shackleton started Focus Services (348-4221) out of his home. He helps people connect with jobs as rig workers, truck drivers, heavy equipment operators, safety supervisors and general manual laborers.Shackleton said that with his own experience as an oil rig worker and manager, he knows the job requirements and has connections with experienced workers.While newcomers do get hired, Shackleton said there has to be a certain number of experienced workers on a rig.

“You put a whole bunch of inexperienced people, you’re setting yourself up for serious disaster,” he said.

He said if someone doesn’t have direct oil industry experience, it helps to have other experience in construction or ranch work, jobs that demonstrate a strong work ethic and facility with heavy equipment for Alberta Oil Careers.

“A lot of them will say, all I want is a guy with a good attitude, I can teach them the stuff,” Shackleton said.So far, Focus has placed about 20 workers, receiving compensation for each worker who stays with the job a certain length of time.

Oil Field jobs keep flowing into Valley

Oil Field Jobs -Tank Services, a Canton company with 80 employees and nearly $10 million in sales, is seeking to hire up to 20 more employees Tuesday at a recruiting session in New Philadelphia.The industrial painting contractor for the oil field jobs industry will conduct a recruitment session from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday to hire field laborers, painters and sandblasters.

The session will be at The Employment Source in Monroe Centre at 1260 Monroe St. NW, New Philadelphia. Positions with the Canton Company pay $10 to $15 per hour. Benefits are offered after completing a 30-day probationary period.

The company is seeking 15 to 20 people for field positions, who will begin training and orientation March 26.
“Tank Services has indicated to us that because they are contracting with companies in the oil and gas industry, that these oil rig jobs will be ongoing, and that there will be a growing demand,” said Monica Gwin, public relations specialist with The Employment Source.

Travel is required as crews generally leave on Mondays and return on Friday evenings or Saturday afternoons. Tank Services will provide travel to and from out-of-town jobs, a daily food allowance and hotel accommodations.A valid driver’s license and drug testing is required, with a CDL license being a plus.

Applicants must be prepared to complete an application and an one-on-one interview the day of the recruitment session. Gwin recommended that applicants take a résumé to the session.“Even if a company wouldn’t require a résumé, it helps speed up the process for filling out a company’s application because the job seeker has available on-hand the information that’s usually required for an application,” Gwin said.

Tank Services offers coating applications for all areas of industrial and commercial corrosion protection, according to the company’s website.The company began operating during the Ohio oil-field boom in 1974 by sandblasting and painting oil well tank batteries and pump jacks.The recruitment is the latest of several conducted through The Employment Source for support services that companies provide for the oil and gas industry, which is booming in the Tuscarawas Valley region.

“Clearly, this is an indication that there are many kinds of jobs becoming available, due to the oil and gas industry,” said Harry A. Eadon Jr., executive director and president of the Tuscarawas County Port Authority in Dover.“It’s not just drilling rig jobs or jobs specifically associated with oil and gas service companies. There are jobs that you don’t always immediately think about, such as excavating or handling construction materials like gravel,” Eadon said.

“There’s a lot of trucking involved. There are also jobs with environmental companies that conduct environmental studies of the surface and underground associated with creating a well pad site, as well as being involved throughout the process.”Then more details visit here Alberta Oil careers.

Oil Field Jobs created 9% of new jobs, study says

Oil Field Jobs -A booming U.S. Oil Field Jobs sector was responsible for generating 9 percent of all new jobs last year, with three indirect jobs for every one directly involved in the industry, a new study has found.

The joint study by the World Economic Forum and IHS CERA, a global-business-information company, highlighted the role that the energy industry can play in reviving the global economy. The study comes during a presidential election year as candidates argue about high U.S. unemployment and energy policy.

The report said the Oil Rig Jobs industry contributed 37,000 direct jobs in 2011, which led to the creation of an additional 111,000 indirect jobs during the same period. It said the multiplier effect for solar and wind energy were lower during operation, but higher during construction, at up to 3.3 times.

“We always suspected that energy had a vital role to play in the economic recovery, but we were still surprised when the data uncovered the magnitude of the sector’s multiplier effects,” Roberto Bocca, head of energy industries at the World Economic Forum, said in a release.

The U.S. oil and gas industry is in the midst of its biggest boom in a generation, with hydraulic fracturing and horizontal-drilling technology unlocking billions of barrels of oil and decades’ worth of natural gas from previously untappable tight coal seam fissures. That has ignited a political debate between environmentalists, who caution against the impact of “fracking” on water supplies, and industry supporters, who say the shale oil revolution is helping to revive the U.S. economy.

The WEF report also said the energy sector’s highly skilled work force is well-paid compared with other sectors, with compensation per worker about twice the average in Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States, and four times the average in Mexico and South Korea.For More details visit Alberta Oil Careers.

Oil Field Jobs -Energy execs advise transparency to win public maintain

Oil Field Jobs -Energy executives warned Wednesday that the oil and gas industry will lose a public relations war unless it takes a more proactive approach to environmental concerns as it attempts to capitalize on a massive natural gas supply. Speaking at the IHS CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, chief executives of Anadarko Petroleum, Royal Dutch Shell and other energy giants appealed to global industry leaders to improve their transparency and better address criticisms of hydraulic fracturing and other oil field jobs operations.“We need to do a better job of listening and responding,” Shell CEO Peter Voser said during a midday keynote speech. “As an industry, we should insist on strong regulation and enforcement to ensure everyone in the industry does the job right.”

The 31st annual conference has attracted energy leaders and experts from around the globe for a weeklong discussion of worldwide energy issues. Cambridge Energy Research Associates started the annual CERAWeek conference in 1982 and the event continued after CERA was acquired in 2004 by IHS, formerly Information Handling Services.

During a morning speech, Anadarko CEO James Hackett stressed the energy industry should improve transparency on water usage, well construction, methane emissions and hydraulic fracturing fluids.“We need to fully disclose chemical compositions,” Hackett said, adding that the public shouldn't be expected to trust the industry that the materials are safe without knowing what they are.“Responsible parties on every side should make sure that science is what leads us as opposed to emotion,” he said. “The risk we run in making politics the driver is you lack and lose credibility.”

Hackett and other energy leaders praised the industry's voluntary chemical disclosure registry, FracFocus, but none voiced support for federal mandates. Some states, including Texas, already require the disclosures.Efforts for improved public awareness of energy company operations(Oil Rig Jobs) will help advance production of the abundant supplies of natural gas that have many at the conference excited, said Greg Ebel, president and CEO of Spectra Energy.“We need to maintain that because the public's criticism of us has been pretty significant these days and we better not blow that one,” Ebel said.

Several energy executives argued for federal approval of liquefied natural gas exports, citing the surplus in the U.S. market and varying projections on jobs and economic benefits associated with the move. The government is weighing the possibility of allowing liquefied natural gas exports to take advantage of booming domestic gas supplies, Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman said during a panel discussion.For more detail visit this Alberta Oil Careers.

Oil Field Jobs -Pipe manufacturer increasing in Terrebonne township

Oil Field Jobs -Governor Bobby Jindal and K&B Machine President Kenneth Wood Jr. announced a $40 million capital investment by K&B Machine Works LLC to create a 200,000-square-foot manufacturing and headquarters facility in Terrebonne Parish. The site, about 13 miles north of the company's current Houma complex, already is home to a 42,000-square-foot customer inventory building. Additionally, the project will create 80 construction jobs averaging $50,000 in annual pay for the roughly one-year construction term, translating into a $4 million construction payroll.

In working with the state, K&B agreed to retain 190 current jobs and to create 19 new Oil Field jobs, resulting in another 21 indirect jobs. But as construction begins on the new facility, K&B's growth has exceeded expectations. The company's employment has grown to 220 and K&B expects to employ 240 by the beginning of 2013. That's a net gain of 50 new jobs that will pay an average of $48,000 a year, plus benefits.

Governor Jindal said, "With a major facility in Texas and new operations in Pennsylvania, K&B could have looked elsewhere to make this major step in the growth of the company. But K&B leaders chose Louisiana because of our strong business climate, and, most importantly, a dedicated local workforce that has perfected the craft of oilfield pipe fabrication for nearly 40 years. K&B will benefit not only from traditional oil and gas exploration in Louisiana, but from new formations, such as the Haynesville and Tuscaloosa shales, that will drive additional demand for oilfield pipe fabrication and services."

The state's Business Expansion and Retention Group, or BERG, began working with K&B Machine about the company's growth plans in 2010. Drawing on efficiency modeling by the Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Louisiana, or MEPOL, K&B discovered it could gain a 40 percent boost in efficiency by consolidating its current 11-building complex into a single manufacturing complex.

The upgrade qualifies K&B for Louisiana's Modernization Tax Credit, which provides a 5 percent refundable tax credit to companies that invest at least $5 million and achieve at least a 10 percent efficiency gain. In addition to that $2 million incentive, K&B is expected to utilize Louisiana's Enterprise Zone and Industrial Tax Exemption programs.While remaining in Terrebonne Parish, the company expects to move from its current Houma location to the 35-acre Schriever site in early 2013.

"When my dad started K&B Machine, he did it with one idea in mind: that providing the industry with the best-made precision products and the best combination of services was the key to success," said Kenneth Wood Jr., the company president. "K&B's growth has been a direct result of our dedicated employees and the diverse services that we offer in every division. Combined with high safety and quality standards, this has made K&B the one-stop shop."

"Increasing the efficiency and competitiveness of our manufacturers is one of the best ways we can invest in Louisiana's future," said LED Secretary Stephen Moret. "What makes this project more successful is that K&B has positioned itself to serve oil and gas exploration across the country, which generates additional benefits for Louisiana as the headquarters state for the company."

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Oil Rig Jobs -Options extensive open for engineering grads

Oil Rig Jobs -Kirsten Petersen had a job waiting for her and a good career six months before she graduated. Almost all of her friends in her engineering class at Western University did."It's very promising," she says, looking at her professional prospects. "Engineering is a lifelong-learning kind of career."

Petersen graduated in 2011. Now she works as an engineer-in-training at a major oil rig jobs among the office towers of downtown Calgary. As an electrical engineer, she's in high demand.Petersen is keenly aware of the opportunities awaiting her as works to become an accredited professional engineer (Peng). "One thing I like is the flexibility in my career," she says. "Later in my life, it's going to free me up."

There is no shortage of choice: civil engineering, mechanical, chemical, electrical, environmental, computer, industrial, materials science, engineering science - and further sub-specializations.Jessica Parker is planning on working with aquifer storage and recovery technologies that can be used in the coastal areas of Bangladesh.

She took a civil engineering in international development degree at Western and is now taking her master's in environmental engineering."It's a way of providing - we hope - fresh drinking water," says Barker, who hopes to work for a non-government organization (NGO). "Right now in these coastal areas, there's no fresh drinking water sources."

It's just one example of how her civil engineering degree could be applied, of course. She could also design bridges and towers, water treatment plants or huge environ-mental projects.A gliding instructor for the past three summers, Alex Walsh is, naturally enough, specializing in aerospace during the third year of his mechanical engineering degree at McGill University.

The 22-year-old hosted a student aerospace forum this week where 300 engineering students from across Quebec and Eastern Ontario gathered to meet industry professionals to talk about their careers and types of projects they're working on."It's very important because once you graduate, going into the oil field jobs market is completely different than studying in school," he says."There's a lot of different jobs you can apply for, but it's a good idea to have some focus."

Celine Ko worked a summer job under the wing of her uncle at Telus and something in the work sparked her imagination. "I was inspired by the work that I saw in telecommunications and decided to change my stream."
She went into a blended computer/ electrical engineering program at the University of Toronto.Instead of going into the job market, though, Ko is applying to take her master's degree after she bumped into a professor from her first year. She is confident a job awaits her when she graduates.
"The engineering field is in such high demand," says Ko.

Part of the reason is that the skills are applicable to so many roles. Corporations, especially those involved in the oilpatch, are rapidly investing in young engineering talent to re-place retiring baby boomers.
Graduates often end up going into areas of business, management or consultancy."It's very popular for a lot of companies - to promote engineers into management," Petersen says from her office in downtown Calgary. "People like the discipline and the approach, the way of thinking that engineers have."

When choosing a pathway within engineering, Petersen suggests students actively network. Join the student membership of the provincial association that regulates the engineering profession in each province - the Association of Professional Engineers, Geophysicists and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGGA) - and interact with working engineers.

"You go through high school and you have no idea what you want to do with your life," says Petersen.
She decided to put her strengths to use in electrical engineering, a field in particularly high demand among software and hardware companies, utilities, manufacturers, mining firms, telecommunications, health and robotics.No matter which discipline you choose, you end up with a great Alberta Oil Careers.

Oil Rig Jobs -Oil industry prospecting for excellent people

Oil Rig Jobs -It's been nine years since Stefan Polny left his job as a tech-support person to work as a floor hand on an oil rig jobs.

Today, the 28-year-old Edmonton native says he's still glad to not be cooped up in an office."I made my way in the industry from the ground up," he says.

Since his stint as a floorhand, he has steadily moved up the ranks to his current role as crew supervisor. He was also one of the first of his cohorts at Beaver Drilling to complete the rig-technician trade certification - a new credential requirement for the industry.

Polny says there's a lot he likes about working on rigs, including his two weeks on/one week off schedule during the months he's on the job."I do a lot of travelling, so the time off comes in handy," he says.But what he likes best is the company he keeps.

"There's good camaraderie and you meet lots of interesting people. We have a lot of fun out here."There's never a shortage of oil field jobs, especially when the market is booming, says Ali Seifeddine, an account manager with Cenergy, a Calgary-based executive-search agency for the oil-rig industry."There's demand for workers right across the board, from drilling to administrative personnel."

There are a lot of things to consider when looking to this type of career, he adds. "The pay is decent, but you also have to sacrifice a lot in terms of being away from family and you have to move around a lot as you follow the rig you're working on."

Rig work in Canada is predominantly land-based and seasonal, explains Cindy Soderstrom, manager of communications and corporate services for the Canadian

From G1 Association of Oil Well Drilling Contractors in Calgary. Most drilling activity happens throughout the winter months. "In the spring the rigs shut down, but then work picks up again in the fall."

The best time for anyone to apply is in the late fall season, she advises."That's when the companies bring in new people and are doing a lot of training."

For those who are interested, CAODC has extensive employment and training information on its website.
Entry-level turnover, however, can be high, Soderstrom notes.

"Rig work is not for everyone, but you can't know until you try it. I've also talked to lots of drillers out there that love working with the equipment and can't imagine doing anything else. A lot like the lifestyle, especially the time-off component. And the opportunities for advancement are enormous."

For those with global aspirations who want year-round drilling work, offshore is an alternative, says Cheryl Knight, executive director for the Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada.

Entry-level people may have difficulty finding their first job on an offshore rig because of the extra technical skills required, she adds.

Perhaps the biggest demand right now is for senior crew positions, Soderstrom notes."Right now, drilling supervising is a super-hot area," Seifeddine says.

Qualified drilling supervisors have to be well-versed in rig technology and understand drilling operations from top to bottom, he explains.

Candidates can get to that level of expertise by starting out as floorhands and working their way up. But people with engineering degrees that work for oil companies can also go out and get direct experience as supervisors, Seifeddine explains.

"Right now there is a lot of work. Sometimes I have openings and not enough applications. And because these people are so sought after, they can easily pick up and go to the next rig if they don't like the job they're doing.If you are looking to get started in the oil rig industry, Alberta Oil Careers are a great place to begin. To learn more about the oil industry, check out http://www.albertaoilcareers.com.

US Oil Rig jobs on the get higher

Oil Rig Jobs -The prospect of an economic recovery, combined with higher gas and oil prices in 2009, has increased US oil rig jobs activity. In comparison with the low prices in December 2008, oil prices have increased by more than 100%, according to figures released by Baker Hughes Inc. While land drilling remained relatively consistent, increased activity was seen in both inland waters and offshore drilling.

Economic Stabilization:

In the face of the global financial crisis, activity had been scaled back, although the gas and oil industry made the decision to retain its workforce. For oil rig jobs, the reality of recession was brought home in the form of lower commodities and tighter access to the credit required to continue with production. However, rather than opting for redundancies, the same companies chose to freeze wages and keep the skills and experience of those in drilling jobs and oil rig jobs as an investment, ready to undertake new work as economic stabilization became a reality. As the US and the rest of the world began to see signs of economic recovery, fuel demands have increased and, with it, the financial potential for profit. Having kept its workforce in reserve, the industry has been able to meet the call for new resources and, as a by-product, new oil jobs and oil careers have been created to cope with increased demand.

Increased Activity:

During the final seven weeks of 2009, the number of oil rigs active in the US increased steadily and incrementally. By mid-December of that year, the total number of oil rigs in production totaled 1,141 - 30% higher than in June of the same year. Louisiana saw an increase by seven rigs, bring its total to 176, Wyoming added another two to its existing 38, while Oklahoma, North Dakota and California added one each, reaching totals of 451, 17 and seven, respectively, according to Baker Hughes. By the end of 2009, Texas alone had produced 347 million barrels of oil and has increased its rig-count by a further seven.
Years to Come

With fuel demand on the increase and oil field jobs striving to match it, the US Government is considering a series of financial incentives to support the renaissance in the oil industry. While the oil companies have taken the shrewd move to hang onto their front-line workers, new technology, such as for horizontal and directional drilling, is creating more and more opportunities for those looking for oil jobs and oil careers. The downstream jobs, such as drilling jobs and oil rig jobs will always be in demand as long as oil reserves are used, and it seems very likely that there will be new openings for qualified applicants who want to work at the vanguard of the oil industry in 2010.

In addition, 46 US-owned oil platforms are being rebuilt in the Chinese Ocean, after the destruction in the far East wreaked by a season of ferocious hurricanes. Once again, the development of oil-drilling technologies means that these rigs will be redeveloped as bigger and more efficient operations, offering further opportunities on a global scale. While the search for renewable energy continues and is at the forefront of most political agendas, the oil and gas industries will continue to sustain us until these resources can be harnessed.

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Oil Rig Jobs -20-50 more jobs in oil, gas industry upcoming

Oil Rig Jobs -BTI Services is ready to provide from 20 to 50 new jobs for Carroll County as part of the oil field jobs exploration boom in the Tuscarawas Valley region.

BTI representative James Dodd announced this week that the company has started providing some services from its facility at 1100 Steubenville Road in Carrollton. BTI recently paid $1.4 million to buy 28 acres and a 47,000-square-foot building there. The building was owned by Energy Transfer, which has moved to a new location.

County Economic Development Director Glenn Enslen said he is excited about so many new jobs becoming available for county residents. Dodd said that most of the jobs are expected to be filled by area residents. The pay scale has not been finalized and will depend on experience, skills and type of job.

Based in Houston, Texas, BTI employs more than 300 people in seven states. Dodd said the Carrollton facility will be fully operational within 30 to 45 days. Renovation is under way at the facility.

The company offers a full line of rental equipment for surface and down hole drilling, and well completion. BTI also provides a complete line of quality fishing tools and services for open and cased holes.

BTI has a store in Pennsylvania and it is anticipated that the size of the Carrollton store will provide space for a large volume of product lines for use by oil rig jobs companies. 

“We offer maintenance after the rig has left the drilling site,” Dodd said, adding he’s looking forward to providing services locally to drilling companies that need them.

BTI was formed in 1984 and operated under the name Blowout Tools Inc., according to the company’s website. As the company expanded its services, it became BTI Services.

BTI’s announcement is the latest involving oil and gas exploration companies and those providing support services.

• Tremcar USA in September announced a $1.8 million expansion of its Strasburg plant and new facility in Dover in Tuscarawas County, adding 145 jobs to an existing 55 jobs in Strasburg, where aluminum trailers are produced and tankers are repaired.

• Schlumberger, a major oil field service provider to oil and gas companies worldwide, spent $2.89 million in December to buy about 140 acres in the Strasburg Industrial Park. Schlumberger expects 50 employees there by mid-summer and 150 more over the next two years.

• Select Energy Services in January announced that 200 jobs will come to Carroll County within the next year to provide well-site services for the oil and gas industry. The company has opened a temporary office in Malvern until 30 acres near Carrollton can be purchased, where a permanent facility will be constructed.

• Mark West Energy Partners announced plans in early February to build a natural gas processing facility in Harrison County that would begin operations in mid-2013. Between that plant and one planned for Monroe County, about 40 jobs will be created.

• Uhrichsville officials announced last week that El Paso Corp. is purchasing more than 200 acres off Blizzard Ridge Road near Newport in Tuscarawas County. A $500 million natural gas processing facility is planned, with construction expected to start early this summer. There will be 20 to 30 full-time jobs once the facility goes into operation by 2013.

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Oil Rig Jobs -U.S. oil shale explosion puts large squeeze on small towns

Oil Rig Jobs -The suspected kidnapping and murder of a Montana teacher by two men said to be seeking work in the oilfields of North Dakota underscores the darker side of a regional energy boom that has pumped jobs and money as well as newcomers and crime into rural towns.

Stepped-up oil rig jobs development in northwestern North Dakota and northeastern Montana is punctuating the landscape with drilling rigs, trucks and hastily erected barracks, known as "man camps," to house thousands of mostly male workers crowding into small communities where residents once greeted each other by name and left their homes and cars unlocked.

Even as oil and gas companies pour hundreds of millions of tax dollars into those states, leaders of boomtowns like Williston, North Dakota, and neighboring Sidney, Montana, say they are ill-equipped to cope with the rapid influx of people, traffic, construction, crime and soaring demand for housing.

"If it had been gradual ... but that's not how a boom works; the thing happens overnight," said David Montgomery, a Williams County commissioner whose district encompasses Williston, where the population has swelled to an estimated 20,000 from 14,000 in 2010.

In Sidney, Montana, about 45 miles southwest of Williston, officials have been scrambling to keep pace with oil and gas activity that is expected to double the population- from 5,000 to 10,000 - in five years and add an estimated 774 new students to the public school system.

The town was unprepared for a months-long spike in crime that culminated Jan. 7 with the abduction and violent death of a local high school math teacher, Sherry Arnold, according to Mayor Bret Smelser.

"Sherry's case brings all of this into focus," he said.

Two men, Lester Vann Waters, 47, and Michael Keith Spell, 22, are charged with aggravated kidnapping in the disappearance of Arnold, who authorities believe was snatched off the street as she jogged near the suspects along a truck route in Sidney.

According to the sworn statement of the prosecutor overseeing the investigation, Waters was looking for a woman to abduct and kill when he strangled Arnold, 43, in a crack cocaine-induced frenzy in the back of his Ford Explorer.

The prosecutor's affidavit says Spell confessed to helping bury Arnold in a shallow grave. Her body has not been recovered.

Court documents say the two men had come from Parachute, Colorado, a city that has experienced economic ebbs and flows linked to oil shale, to find work in Williston.

Overwhelmed in Williston:

Thousands of high-paying jobs have prompted the unemployed and under-employed from cash-strapped states across the nation to flock to the Williston area.

The energy boom is tied to a vast oil shale formation that stretches across parts of North Dakota, Montana and Canada. The Bakken formation contains the largest known reserve of light sweet crude in North America and is the source of 113 million barrels of oil produced in 2010 in North Dakota. The sparsely populated state ranked behind only Texas, Alaska and California among U.S. oil producers.

The Bakken was discovered in 1951, but development -which has occurred off and on since then - accelerated about three years ago along with the advent of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The production-boosting technique injects large amounts of water, chemicals and sand underground to crack rocks or dense sands holding fuel.

Senior citizens on fixed incomes and other residents unable to meet monthly rents that can skyrocket from $300 to $3,000 have been pushed out of the community even as some oilfield workers living in their cars - despite annual salaries that can top $100,000 -have joined a local health club to gain access to the facility's showers.

Fast-food and retail chains have been hard-pressed to retain workers amid the lure of higher-paying, plentiful oil field jobs, and long lines have become commonplace in motels, restaurants and grocery stores. Business also has climbed at the two strip clubs in the city.

"It will never be the same-but that's progress," said Montgomery, a native.

Fear and firearms:

Evidence in Sidney and in Williston suggests worries about the downsides of the energy boom are displacing the optimism that came with ramped-up production and revenues.

"Without Sherry, we had some people looking and thinking, 'We may need to re-think this,'" Smelser said. "With her death, people are saying, 'We really do need to re-think this.'"

Having suffered the gravest harm, the city is now looking for a heftier share of the taxes paid by energy companies so that Sidney can augment its law enforcement and other municipal services, the mayor said.

The farming community enrolled 101 new students last year with no additional revenues to offset the increase, said Dan Farr, superintendent of Sidney schools.

"We have received families from every state in the union, and the culture in the classroom has changed," he said, adding that teachers have logged long hours restructuring lessons and lesson plans to encompass varying degrees of academic ability.

Talk in town since Arnold vanished has centered on "how are we going to protect ourselves," said Joanna Hughes, co-owner of a Sidney consignment store that carries firearms.

In the span of a year, the shop has doubled the number of handguns and rifles it stocks, and sales are soaring, she said.

The sense of foreboding has not stopped at the state line.

"There is a lot of fear in northwest North Dakota right now, especially with what's happened to Mrs. Arnold," said Montgomery, the county commissioner from Williston.

Utah State University sociologist Richard Krannich said years-long studies of boomtowns in the West show a sharp rise in negative consequences such as crime and the fear of crime in the earliest phases of a boom.

"But we also saw the recovery once the initial phase ended and the workforce stabilized, the pressure on local services eased and infrastructure caught up with demand," he said.

That recovery can't come too soon for some.

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Study tags 65,000 jobs, $4.9B increase to Ohio shale

Oil Rig Jobs -An academic team enlisted by Ohio's business sector released a study Tuesday that finds oil and gas drilling will mean more than 65,000 jobs and an almost $4.9 billion investment in the state's economy by 2014.

Findings of the eight-month study were released to the media and members of the Ohio Shale Coalition, a partnership of energy interests spearheaded by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.

The group commissioned the study in hopes of displaying the benefits to Ohio's ailing economy of a boom in shale drilling, including the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

A team of economics, energy and geology experts from Cleveland State University, Ohio State University and Marietta College's Department of Petroleum put together the report.

It found that by 2014, about $4.9 billion would be invested in Ohio's economy by the industry; almost 66,000 jobs would be created or "supported" by industry growth; $433 million in local and state taxes would be generated; and energy companies would be paying wages and benefits totaling $3.3 billion.

Altogether, the industry will generate $1.7 billion for Ohio's economy this year, $5.8 billion next year, and nearly $10 billion in 2014, the research found. Gross state product could grow by 1 percent, a significant increase from the 0.6 percent average for the past 13 years.

"This really has the potential of being transformational," said Ned Hill, dean of the urban affairs college at Cleveland State University and one of the researchers.

State Rep. Robert Hagan, a Youngstown Democrat, said he is hopeful for the benefits that will come to his northeast Ohio region from the new industry -but the industry is moving too fast, and without checks and balances.

He announced Tuesday that he has gathered 1,500 signatures from his constituents - whose area has been struck by a series of 11 earthquakes potentially linked to high-pressure injection of fracking wastewater into the earth. The petitions seek legislative hearings on fracking. The practice stimulates gas production by blasting millions of gallons of chemically treated water into a well drilled horizontally through shale about a mile underground.

"We admit that it's moving, but we will not say that we are going to ignore the safety factors, the environmental factors," he said.

Ohio Department of Natural Resources spokesman Carlo LoParo said the state is tripling the budget of its oil Rig Jobs division this year, due to increased drilling activity.

"We will have more than 110 inspectors and field staff in our oil and gas division to make sure all laws and environmental regulations are observed and enforced," he said. Money for that endeavor comes from fees assessed on the oil and gas industry, he said.

Employment projections contained in the report include both new and "supported" Oil Field Jobs, 16,000 in the service sector. That sector includes hotels, restaurants, doctors and other personal services. It anticipates 1,000 environmental compliance officers, construction jobs

Douglas South gate, co-director of the Subsurface Energy Resource Center at Ohio State University, said the shale industry plays to Ohio's economic strengths, in the areas of manufacturing, plastics, and R&D.

Hagan, and fellow Democratic Reps. Mike Foley and Kenny Yuko are backing a proposal raising the state severance tax on recovery gas wells to 7 percent. The new rate would eventually raise proceeds from $2.6 million to $500 million. Some of that would be earmarked for local communities and alternative energy development.

Gov. John Kasich has called a moratorium within a 5-mile radius of a deep-injection well shut down after the Youngstown quakes, awaiting results of a state investigation into the cause. Deep-injection wells are for waste water, and are not the same as wells for exploring or Alberta Oil Careers.

Texas oil field jobs provider gains Ohio Job Creation Tax Credit

Oil Rig Jobs -The Ohio Tax Credit Authority has awarded a 65-percent, seven-year Job Creation Tax Credit to Houston-based Baker Hughes, an oil field jobs provider, to build a $64 million facility in Massillon and create 700 full-time jobs.

The tax credit is believed to be the first incentive toward helping the company builds on a 108-acre site in the Northeast Ohio Commerce Park on Millennium Boulevard in Massillon. The company is projecting an investment of $564 million in the state. Talks with state, county and local leaders continue, however, and a deal has not yet been finalized.Securing oil rig jobs is also possible without experiences.

An Ohio Department of Development letter dated Feb. 8 shows that Baker Hughes plans to build a $40 million facility with $14.5 million worth of machinery. The letter to the city of Massillon also says that another $9.5 million will be invested in land development. Another $500 million of other investments are expected to be made in the state.

Initial projections show that 900 jobs would be created within three years, with an average hourly wage of $31.25.

The credit authority approved 18 statewide projects that will create more than 1,600 jobs. Baker Hughes’ project will by far create the most oil field jobs out of those approved Monday.

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Oil Rig Jobs -Oil prices force up industry

Oil Rig Jobs -The oil and gas industry continues to provide high-paying jobs to nearly 1.3 million workers, both directly and indirectly. Companies have openings in every major sector of the industry, including production, natural gas distribution, refining, petrochemicals, oil field machinery manufacturing, and product wholesaling and pipelines, as well as office positions.

According to the Texas comptroller, employment in the oil and gas industry has risen by 15.6 percent, which is approximately an additional 20,000 jobs.

Healthy crude oil prices not only bring oil field jobs but also tax revenue for the state, schools and hospitals. The Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners estimates that Texas House District 72, which includes Tom Green, Coke, Mitchell and Scurry counties, produced more than 21,255,000 barrels of oil and 47,173,000 million cubic feet of natural gas this past year. The average value of both oil and gas production locally was more than $1.8 billion in 2011.

The comptroller said that oil and gas companies paid more than $8.5 billion in taxes both statewide and locally in 2010. Ad valorem taxes on producing mineral interest are levied at the county level in addition to state severance taxes. The Texas "Rainy Day Fund" is comprised almost exclusively of oil and gas taxes.

Hitting closer to home are the billions of dollars in oil rig jobs royalty revenues and lease bonuses. The latest University Lands lease sale turned in record lease bonus amounts with Concho Valley counties such as Schleicher, Reagan and Crockett leasing for around $5,000 per acre. Just a few years ago this same property was leasing for several hundred dollars an acre.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil to average about $100 per barrel in 2012, $5 per barrel higher than the average price last year. Natural gas prices will remain weak until we find new markets for increased demand.

This year, the federal government is likely to continue pressing hard for restrictions on industry operations. Proposed rules by the United States Environmental Protection Agency might continue to restrict oil and gas production.Securing oil rig jobs is also possible without experiences.

Also, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could stop oil and gas activity if the agency elects to list certain species as endangered. More than 100 species found in Texas are up for federal review within the next five years, which could have significant economic consequences if they are formally designated as endangered.

As Texas continues to face severe drought conditions, water will be a key topic for discussion. With increased drilling activity comes the need for more water. However, regulators and industry leaders remain committed to closely monitoring the issue, and are discussing the best plans for future water usage.http://www.albertaoilcareers.com/oil-rig-job-information/ is a great resource for people interested in Getting Oil Rig Jobs. Learn an effective simple system that will teach you how to get Oil Rig Jobs guaranteed by clicking here: Alberta Oil Careers.