[Pontiac]

State-owned Saudi Aramco is posting new job ads online aiming to snap up experts in extracting oil from shale,

Is it possible that the Saudis are snapping up these experts to keep them off the market where they can do their work to increase the Saudis’ competitor’s production?

After all the Saudis certainly do not need help in developing new sources of production.

[thackney]

After all the Saudis certainly do not need help in developing new sources of production.

I don't agree. Saudi Aramco has used expats to perform most of the real work and calculations for decades. That was why I've had many inquires to work for them.