Oil Guru Jobs Board & Resumes Upgrade
3 days ago
by Lee Woodrow
On Thursday 16th May the website will be undergoing maintenance and a major upgrade of the jobs board & resumes database. Please bear with us during this period of maintenance. We are excited to announce that the new upgrade will bring brand new features to the website. Our engineers will work as [...]
High tax on a litre of oil
4 days ago
by Lee Woodrow
The graph above illustrates the inter-country variations in the price of one litre of oil across G7 countries during 2011. It is important to note that these price variations are not due to differences in underlying crude oil prices (shown in brown) but to the widely varying levels of taxes (shown [...]
Who controls the price of oil?
4 days ago
by Lee Woodrow
It is widely understood that OPEC or otherwise known as ”The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries” controls the price of oil. OPEC is a cartel of twelve countries including, Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and [...]
Energy Skills Scotland helping you land oil and gas jobs
1 week ago
by Lee Woodrow
A doubling of planned funding to improve oil and gas jobs training facilities and develop other energy sector skills courses has been announced by the First Minister.
Led by Skills Development Scotland and located at Robert Gordon University, Energy Skills Scotland (ESS) is being backed by an [...]
The Stones Ultra Deepwater Project
1 week ago
by Lee Woodrow
Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) today announces a final investment decision in the Stones ultra-deepwater project, a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development expected to host the deepest production facility in the world. This decision sets in motion the construction and fabrication of a floating [...]
Oil & Gas Jobs for Ex-Military Trades
1 week ago
by Lee Woodrow
Great news for ex-military trades. The Oil and Gas Industry is now working closely with the Ministry of Defence and the Career Transition Partnership to identify which military trades would be suited to the oil and gas industry. After serving in the military service men and women are entitled to [...]
Halliburton Develops Multi-Zone Completion Technology
1 week ago
by Lee Woodrow
Chevron completes three wells in the Gulf of Mexico’s Lower Tertiary with Halliburton’s innovative multi-zone completion technology
HOUSTON – (April 23, 2013) – Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) announced today the successful completion of three wells in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico utilizing Halliburton’s [...]
Enermech to drive forward in the US creating more oil and gas jobs
1 week ago
by Lee Woodrow
Mechanical engineering group EnerMech announced at OTC (Offshore Technology Conference) in Houston that it has invested more than £13 million as it steps up its drive to cement its presence in the US and Mexico creating more oil and gas jobs.
A recent move to a new 50,000 sq ft workshop, office and [...]
Iraq launches a major step in energy supply and the world’s largest flare reduction project
1 week ago
by Lee Woodrow
South Gas Company, Shell and Mitsubishi today officially announced the commencement of operations of Basrah Gas Company, which will be the largest gas project in Iraq’s history and the world’s largest flares reduction project.
Basrah Gas Company is a 25-year incorporated Joint Venture between [...]
Mediterranean Exploration Block Awarded to ENI
1 week ago
by Lee Woodrow
Milan: Italy’s oil and gas giant Eni has been awarded a deep-water exploration block in Egypt’s eastern Mediterranean, the company said. Eni said it will operate the 3,765 square kilometre block, named Shorouk Offshore, though its fully-owned affiliate IEOC, with 100 per cent equity.
The block [...]
