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Survey reveals most valued skills for oil and gas workers
Fuel Fix ^ | April 12, 2013 | Simone Sebastian

Posted on 04/12/2013 10:23:36 AM PDT by thackney

As the oil and gas industry faces a severe workforce shortage, identifying top talent and building targeted training programs have become critical pursuits for employers.

The most valued skills in oil and gas industry are detailed in a new study by the Society of Petroleum Engineers, sponsored by British oil giant BP. The results, coming from 773 members of the Society of Petroleum Engineers worldwide, outline the top talents you need to get a job and get ahead in your oil and gas career.

See which skills were rated ‘very important’ for a successful career in oil and gas by the highest percentage of respondents.


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1. ABILITY TO LEARN -- 69 percent

2. TEAMWORK -- 61 percent

3. COMMUNICATION -- 60 percent

4. WORK ETHIC -- 58 percent

5. TECHNICAL SKILLS -- 57 percent

1 posted on 04/12/2013 10:23:36 AM PDT by thackney
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I think my nephew should get to the oilfields and put his welding skills to good use. Sure he’d be a trainee but he has a good work ethic and willingness to learn.


2 posted on 04/12/2013 10:26:57 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Big demand for welders willing to work long hours in desolate places and make it to work each morning on time.


3 posted on 04/12/2013 10:29:46 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: cripplecreek
North Dakota is a boom town.

Welders are always in demand.

Fastest growing boomtowns

4 posted on 04/12/2013 10:31:34 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: thackney

If I were a younger man, that’s where I would be.


5 posted on 04/12/2013 10:32:48 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

It can make you an older man in a hurry.

I spent 5 years in Yemen during 1993 and a couple months into ‘94.


6 posted on 04/12/2013 10:34:59 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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Your never going to be any younger than you are right now!


7 posted on 04/12/2013 10:35:40 AM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: thackney

I worked on an oil exploration crew for a while here in Michigan back in the 80s. Long days out in any kind of weather.


8 posted on 04/12/2013 10:36:21 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: TexasCajun

I see Midland on that list:

Midland counts on 53-story tower as oil again buoys Texas
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/04/12/midland-counts-on-53-story-tower-as-oil-again-buoys-texas/

It will be the tallest office building between Dallas and Los Angeles.


9 posted on 04/12/2013 10:42:41 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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We lived in western ND at the start of the boom where one trucking company there had a bonus that would have been laughable 40 years ago.

The bonus was $500 per month just for showing up on time each day.

I see the necessity and value of the bonus considering the work ethic of today’s workforce, for example a neighbor who was to be at work at 8 am felt she did not need to leave her home until 8 am. I knew several like her.


10 posted on 04/12/2013 10:44:54 AM PDT by redfreedom (The spineless RINO's have made themselves irrelevent and lost the country for us.)
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From the article:

Now the major oil companies are coming back to Midland, led by Chevron, which is building a $100 million office campus and more than doubling its local employment to 1,500, said County Judge Mike Bradford. This boom shows promise because demand is growing as new technologies open up drilling opportunities, said Perry, who runs an oil and gas investment company.

11 posted on 04/12/2013 10:57:07 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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You got any MI contacts in O&G? I’m in regulatory complance but an extensive background in E&P, midstream and transmission.

I’d really like to get back to MI...


12 posted on 04/12/2013 10:57:48 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (*Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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13 posted on 04/12/2013 11:24:17 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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Your never going to be any younger than you are right now!

You just depressed the heck out of a lot of us.....some good joke available at our expense though. I told a friend I went to the doctor for some help. He asked, "What sort of help do you need Mr. Bob?" I said I needed to have my sex drive lowered. He looked at me in amazement that an old soul such as I could have such a problem. Of course his amazement became a bit more somber when i said, "I'm trying to get it lowered from between my ears to down where it belongs"....

14 posted on 04/12/2013 11:27:30 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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My brother was a welder at an oil refinery when the Alaska pipeline started. They sent in reps to recruit pipe welders.

Well, one guy there took a job with them and worked all the overtime until it was done. He lived in the company housing and ate their food. Saved every dime and sent it home to his wife. A ton of money and he planned to retire when he got home.

When he got home he found that his wife was long gone, she had sold the house, and there were no bank accounts left.
She had sold everything he owned and skipped town.

I really doubt a jury would convict him if he had ever found her.

15 posted on 04/12/2013 11:28:05 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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That happened to a friend of mine in the Navy.

A neighbor is a supervisor for some oil company in ND. He said when it’s real cold he works them for 10 minutes outside then they take a break for 15 minutes inside to warm up.


16 posted on 04/12/2013 11:43:48 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: Beagle8U

A buddy of mine in Yemen with me came home to an empty house as well. She even took his clothes and gave them to the new boyfriend.


17 posted on 04/12/2013 11:44:14 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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Takes a special kind to work oilfield, hours and conditions can be horrible, but money can be big.
Most regular folks can't hack it for the long haul.
Have seen a bunch wash out in a month or less.
Loved it and hated it about equally for 30 years, was able to retired comfortably at 51, not bad at all, looking back.

Does beat the hell out of sitting behind a desk doing the same thing, day after day, year after year.

18 posted on 04/12/2013 12:02:13 PM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: Beagle8U

Ooofff. That hurts.


19 posted on 04/12/2013 12:15:38 PM PDT by spankalib (The downside of liberty is the need to tolerate those who despise it.)
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This one sold everything he owned, guns, fishing tackle, tools, truck, boat, cloths, everything.

The neighbors told him she sold the house and moved less than a year after he went to work on the pipeline.

20 posted on 04/12/2013 12:20:54 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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