As the oil and gas industry works to recover from its years-long recession, the need to supply new and future projects with talented employees is growing. As companies in every sector of the industry search for talented employees, there is also a dramatic change taking place in the way oil and gas companies hire incoming professionals, and things will never look the same again.
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Oil and Gas Industry Is in Dire Need of Professionals
Now that there’s a business-friendly administration occupying the White House, the energy industry is not only poised to recover from the downturn of the previous two years, it is looking at the potential to turn more profit than ever before. Of course, before those goals can be met, talented oil and gas professionals are required at every level. Accomplishing that task may prove more complicated than it sounds.
Upstream Team Promotes Western Energy Interests on Capitol Hill
At the end of April, twenty-two members of the Western Energy Alliance traveled Washington, DC in the hopes of representing the perspectives Western energy employees. Over the course of a few days, WEA members met with Senators and Congressmen as well as the Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke. Though there still remains some legislative ground to cover as the area’s oil and gas industry work toward the future, the Washington, DC Call-Up was a great opportunity for Western oil and gas producers to introduce themselves to new staffers on the Hill, catch up with seasoned veterans, and most importantly discuss what the industry does to provide everyone in the United States a much needed and sought after product at a very affordable price.
No Link to Oil and Gas Industry Found in Firestone, Colorado Explosion
On April 17, a home in Firestone, Colorado erupted in a violent blast, killing two people and badly burning a third. The explosion killed Joseph William Irwin III and his brother-in-law Mark Martinez. It also seriously injured Martinez’s wife, Erin. Though investigators from Firestone have yet to determine a cause for the explosion, the scope of their investigation extends to a vertical well operated by Anadarko Petroleum located about 200 feet from the home.
The well’s proximity to the home combined with Texas-based Anadarko Petroleum’s decision to close and inspect 3,000 of its vertical wells across the state have combined to form a real publicity problem for the oil and gas industry as a whole.
It seems that for lack of a proper culprit, a convenient scapegoat will do.
Oregon Joins Growing Number of States to Ban Fracking
On Tuesday, April 25, the Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill that would place an outright ban on hydraulic fracturing for the next decade. More than that, the bill — Oregon House Bill 2711 — would make it illegal to advance any rule making efforts regarding fracking. If turned into law, the bill would put a complete halt to the advancement of any fracking project in the state and might, as Oregon conservatives claim, any type of extraction in the state.