Oil and Gas Titan Interview #1 As drillers.com grows and evolves, we’re constantly thinking of new ideas and resources that might bring value to our readers. We’re in an industry that likes to promote from within, and rewards experience. The number of people that grow, thrive and prosper must be quite high in the oil […]
Archives for February 2017
7 Amazing Facts About the Oil Industry
(Note: We believe that it’s important that the general public understand how the industry works, and how important it is. Regular educational articles like this might help balance some of the negative reports that sometimes come up in the media. If you are an experienced oil worker then you might not find all of these […]
The Coming Decommissioning Storm
The state of North Sea Oil & Gas (O&G) in 2017 The low oil price environment is making many companies reassess the true cost of their UK operations, as they try to decide when and how assets should be retired. Many North Sea O&G fields were first tapped in the 1960s, and are now nearing […]
How to Transform from Job Seeker to Job Creator
Long gone are the get-rich-quick days when anyone could jump on the O+G bandwagon and count on a high rate of return on an investment lacking education or experience. It’s said that knowledge is power, and nowhere is that more true than in O+G. Do you know your stuff? Better yet, do you know how […]
Getting your CV noticed
Getting your CV noticed How do we get ourselves noticed, in the increasingly competitive world of oil and gas job hunting, as the ‘lower for longer’ backdrop persists? There are so many options to improve our chances, but prominence should be given to one key focus area – how we sell ourselves. It is no […]
Oil Companies are Facing a Worker Shortage in Bakken
According to oilfield analysts at Graves & Co., around 150,000 oil and gas workers have been laid off in America since the price of crude oil began to tumble in October of 2014. Now, energy companies in the Bakken fields of North Dakota are facing employment shortages. As it stands, there are thousands of uncompleted […]