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Great Falls, MT. Patterson UTI Drilling is seeking motivated candidates for all drilling rig positions for the Rocky Mountain area, full time employment. At least 6 mo. experience is preferred. Patterson UTI Drilling offers competitive pay, benefits, and a great safety culture. Patterson UTI is an E.E.O.E.

Drilling Contractors. Helmerich and Payne, Inc, Metairie, LA, USA, Owns and operates 12 platform rigs, and manages 4 offshore management contracts in the Gulf of Mexico and the West Coast Santa Barbara Channel. H&P's diverse offshore fleet consists of deepwater tension leg platform (TLP) rigs, self moving rigs and traditional self contained platform rigs. Work area: Gulf of Mexico, West Coast California. Odfjell Drilling, Bergen, Norway - owns and operates semi-submersible drilling rigs in the North Sea. Is a leading platform drilling contractor with operations on fixed and floating production platforms.

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Oil Recruitment: I Received A Job Offer From XYZ Oil Company. How Do I Find Out If This A Scam?

Whenever money is involved, directly or indirectly, there is a possibility of scams. This includes the field of oil recruitment. One of the most frequently seen oil employment scams involves the conman sending an email to a desperate job seeker. Unfortunately, this is also how legitimate companies operate. So how do you know whether the job offer you received is real or a fake?

One common piece of advice when faced with a possible oil employment scam is to go with your gut: "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is". This may be valid if you are an oil industry veteran, but pretty useless if you are new to the oil employment field. Just one or two years ago, there was a big flame war in a major job board regarding the correct payscale for a major oil company. Some oil rig veterans claimed a certain figure, while another group of veterans claimed a figure half of that. Unfortunately, both sides produced strong evidence to support their claims.

However, using the following 10-point checklist gives you a better guide for your decision:

1. Did you attend a face-to-face interview for this job?

In most cases, employers will not hire you based on just a phone interview. The exception is when your friend who is already working in that company recommends you to his boss. But then you don't need to read this, do you?

2. Did you apply for this job?

No oil rig companies are going to email you an unsolicited job offer.

3. Is this job offer an overseas posting?

Most scams involve overseas postings which are difficult for you to check. A conman is not going to email you a job offer within easy traveling distance.

4. Is this a job in Nigeria? Or is the recruiter based in Nigeria?

While this may be unfair to legitimate Nigerian companies, a disproportionate number of scams come from Nigeria. Unless you have a trustworthy contact who can check things out for you, it is safer to reject Nigerian job offers.

5. Are you being asked for money (directly or indirectly)?

A real job offer will pay you, not the other way around! A scam will ask you to pay various fees, e.g. paperwork fees, admin fees, visa fees, air ticket, bribes, etc.

6. Look for the company name and/or job title in Google.

What do other people say? If many people (in forums, job boards, etc.) say the job is a scam, then it probably is (a scam).

7. Check the Better Business Bureau for Canadian and US oil rig companies. Search BBB's website for the company offering you the job. Also check the recruiting firm which sent you the email. While not all legitimate companies are listed in BBB's database, it will give you some useful information to work with.

8. Check the company's website.

Not all real companies have websites. But if the job offer email lists the website, you should pay it a visit. Is the website working? Is the website only one page or many pages? A real company website normally has many pages.

9. Check the company email.

You want to look at the "Reply-To" field of the emailed job offer. Ask your email provider how to do this - Yahoo Mail settings are different from MSN Mail settings which are different from Google Mail settings, etc. A real company will not use a free email address. If the "Reply-To" field says "xyz@gmail.com", or "abc@yahoo.com", it is certainly a scam.

You will also want to compare the "Reply-To" field with the "From" field. Both of them should show the same email host (Look at the part after the @ sign). For example, "From: HR-Director@XYZ.com" and "Reply-To: HR-Flunky@XYZ.com" might be legitimate, since both of them are from "XYZ.com". In some companies, it is their policy to set the "From" field to the same address, while the "Reply-To" field shows the individual employee. However, "From: Managing-Director@XYZ.com" and "Reply-To: Secretary@ABC.com" is probably a scam. Note the different email hosts - XYZ.com vs ABC.com.

If the company website is listed in the job offer email, compare the website address against the email host address. They should be similar, e.g. the website is XYZ-OilCompany.com while the "Reply-To" field says "hr@XYZ-OilCompany.com".

10. Are you being asked for sensitive information?

There is no reason for anyone to ask you for sensitive information like your credit card number by email. Other sensitive data include your bank account number, social security, driving license, even your birth date. These are information commonly used for identity theft.

So, should you or should you not reply to the job offer? Following the checklist will help you make a good decision.

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Oil Rig Jobs in the Western United States

The oil jobs in in this part of the United States predominantly are located in Alaska, Texas and California. Less oil rig jobs are also available in the states of North Dakota and Wyoming. Many of oil rig jobs are located not in the sea, but also on the land. They can be similar to offshore oil and gas rigging jobs and positions, since oil drilling can take place whereevere the deposits of oil and natural gas are suspected or known to exist. Roustabout and roughneck jobs are most often the entry level jobs on oil rigs that demand rather good physical shape than knowledge and experience, but it's not uncommon that oil companies require having at least high school education for those who they consider hiring for these netry level vacancies.

In spite of the world's financial crisis, the US oil industry keeps offering good opportunities for getting hires for both skilled and unskilled workforce, because more than 50% of the current oil and gas rig workforce will retire during the next decade, leaving their positions vacant. Therefore the need for oil rige workers in America is on the rise, positions ranging from the entry-level roustabouts and roughnecks to the impressively paid petroleum extraction engineers.

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10 Things You Need to Know About High Gas Prices and Obama's Oil Policy

by Rory Cooper. Rory Cooper is Director of Strategic Communications at The Heritage Foundation. In this position, Cooper coordinates the think tank’s external message and internal communications, manages its entire digital communications and social media portfolios, and develops new media partnerships. Cooper also serves as the executive editor for The Foundry, the conservative policy news blog at Heritage.

This week the media's attention is finally focused on oil prices. After two years of continually rising consumer gas prices in America, the oil futures market has captivated the Mideast storyline. And attention is much needed. December 2010 saw the highest gas prices for the month of December in our nation's history. This month, we're setting similar records with the national average of $3.14/gallon–fifty cents higher than it was a year ago. If this trend continues, the summer of 2011 will hit consumers much harder than in the summer of 2008 when prices soared above $4/gallon.

But if you only read, hear or see this week's news reports, you would think that oil and gas prices were doing just fine until the historic events in Egypt, Libya and across the Middle East unfolded this past month and caused spikes in the futures market. Unfortunately, that is not the case. President Obama has been unilaterally taking steps to increase the cost of gasoline for two years. Here are ten things you need to know about gas prices that you may not hear reported elsewhere:

1. Gas Prices Are Skyrocketing Under President Obama: The oil futures market is just that, a futures market. The price-per-barrel spikes in oil this week have not affected the domestic market yet. In fact, former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister made the prediction in December 2010 that America would face $5/gallon gasoline by 2012, a full month before the revolution in Egypt began. At the end of President George W. Bush's two terms in office, prices were 9% lower than when he took office (adjusted for inflation). The day before President Obama was inaugurated; the average price of a gallon of gas was $1.83. Today, that average is $3.14.
2. President Obama Has Crippled Domestic Oil Exploration: Putting aside calls from some who want to increase domestic exploration to areas in Alaska and elsewhere, President Obama has completely shut down the existing oil drilling infrastructure in the U.S. At least 103 permits are awaiting review by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement. The federal government has not approved a single new exploratory drilling plan in the Gulf of Mexico since Obama “lifted" his deepwater drilling moratorium in October 2010. Obama also reversed an earlier decision by his administration to open access to coastal waters for exploration, instead placing a seven-year ban on drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and Eastern Gulf of Mexico as part of the government's 2012-2017 Outer Continental Shelf Program.
3. The Obama Permitorium is Costing the Government Much-Needed Revenue: The Gulf accounts for more than 25 percent of domestic oil production. With production in the Gulf expected to drop in 2011 by 220,000 barrels per day, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates the U.S. will suffer $3.7 million in lost revenue per day as a result of lost royalties. If that holds, the federal government would lose more than $1.35 billion from royalty payments, just this year.
4. The Obama Administration Has Been Held in Contempt of Court: Federal District Court Judge Martin Feldman held the Obama Interior Department in contempt of court on February 2, 2011, for dismissively ignoring his ruling to cease the drilling moratorium which the judge had previously struck down as “arbitrary and capricious." Judge Feldman has since given the Administration 30 days to act on permits it has needlessly and purposefully delayed saying inaction was "not a lawful option."
5. Jobs Are Being Killed by Obama's Oil Policies: As a direct result of Obama's oil policies, companies that help supply our domestic energy needs are going out of business. Most recently, Houston-based Seahawk Drilling filed for bankruptcy. The Chief Operating Officer of the offshore drilling company, Randy Stilley, stated: "The decision by regulators to arbitrarily construct unnecessary barriers to obtaining permits they had traditionally authorized has had an adverse impact not only on Seahawk, but on the sector as a whole."
6. And More Jobs Are Being Killed: Vendors, suppliers, even restaurants and retailers are losing ground or going out of business as a result of the economically crippling policies Obama has unilaterally imposed. According to Reuters, many of the thirty-plus deepwater rigs in the Gulf have moved to other markets. Each rig directly employs approximately 200 people, but that doesn't even count the ripple effect across the nation. One industry official told CNBC that the industry was on "life support." But President Obama is spending billions to finance offshore jobs…in Brazil. The Obama Administration committed at least $2 billion in 2009 towards Petrobras, one of the largest offshore oil drilling companies in the world.
7. Decreasing Our Domestic Supply Increases Foreign Dependence: Even Energy Secretary Steven Chu admits that "any disruption in the Middle East means a partial disruption in the oil we import. It's a world market and [a disruption] could actually have real harm of the price." If this is the case, then cutting our domestic supply hardly seems like an appropriate response. Rather than face this reality, Secretary Chu ridiculously called for an increase in renewable energy investments, which is a complete non-sequitur.
8. Renewable Energy Is Not the Answer to Mideast Turmoil: According to the EIA, petroleum accounts for less than one percent of electricity production. So wind and solar, which do not produce transportation fuel even if Obama's $40,000 Chevy Volt quadruples production, can only replace coal and natural gas, of which America has an abundant supply. As for biomass, over 40 percent of domestic corn consumption goes to ethanol, which provides less than 10 percent of our transportation fuel and causes food prices to increase. Three large production platforms in the Gulf could provide an amount equivalent to all of the biofuels produced in the U.S.
9. Regulations and Delays: The Obama EPA has added costly new regulations to refineries in the name of global warming, while the Obama Interior Department issues new rules that make it much harder to develop natural resources on government land. The EPA is also denying approval of the Keystone pipeline which would increase the amount of oil the U.S. receives from our friendly neighbor Canada by over a million barrels per day.
10. The Middle East Is Not the Sole Cause of Rising Oil Prices: Global oil prices have been rising steadily for months based on variety of factors including those listed above and as the world economy pulls out of a recession. In fact, Egypt is not a major producer of petroleum, and only 2-3 percent of the world's supply moves through the Suez Canal. Certain spikes are not abnormal and can be more easily weathered with a smarter domestic energy strategy.

This week, Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman told Bloomberg Television: "We're hoping capacity will be brought to bear so it will continue to support our economic recovery." Mr. Poneman needs to head down his hallway to meet with his boss Secretary Chu and explain how energy prices affect an economic recovery. Because it was Chu who, in the name of environmental radicalism, stated in 2008: "Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe." It would seem President Obama and Secretary Chu are getting their wish and you are paying for it every day.

This article was posted by Rory Cooper February 23, 2011 on The Heritage Foundation blog, and is subject to the specified Copyright guidelines.

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Want an Offshore Oil Rig Job? 4 Mistakes to Avoid

Maybe this is news to you, but the offshore oil industry is very busy these days and employable people are in demand. Canada for example, is seeing a boom. With a new multibillion dollar contract, Canada's maritime provinces are going to see a resurgence of employable people. This is your opportunity! There will not be a better time to get employment in this industry. Make it possible to find a job in the offshore oil industry. Avoid the 4 common mistakes most people make when looking for a job offshore.

There is no way you can fake the experience.

New starts often have the toughest time getting hired. That is because most managers do not like to hire inexperienced staff, and if you sound completely clueless, there is no way you are going to get hired. To get a start, when your apply, you must give the impression that you are familiar with the industry. Talk to people who are already in the industry if you know any. Read, surf the net, join forums, ask questions and post them. Join free job search engines like Monster.com. Look at the typical job postings, current and old to determine what kind of skill and experience is in demand. Comes time for the interview, even if you are a greenhorn, showing that you are well versed in the industry is part of showing a good attitude. That is half the battle of landing a off shore job.

Do not send a generic resume as you would for a regular job on-shore.

Examine your Resume. Who put it together? Even if it was professionally created, if your lingo is not "offshore friendly" you are barking up the wrong tree. The hiring manager should read your resume and see that you are informed, even if you are just a green horn. Like any job you apply for, the oil industry wants to see familiarity with the industry, "Talk the talk" with the jargon and tone particular to the oil industry in your cover letter and resume. Apply with a generic resume, your resume will not even be looked at.

Don't make the mistake of trying to get a job at a level you believe you deserve.

That is a hard one to swallow. No one wants to work below their experience or training. But facts are facts... it is far harder to get in at a high level if you have not been offshore before. It you want the offshore job, then be willing to start at a lower level, otherwise you could be waiting for a long time to get in at the level you want. Expect to go on as part as the drill crew, as a roughneck or roustabout if you have no experience, or as a pumpman or dereckman if you have experience.

Do not apply to offshore companies as you would for a regular job on-shore.

Before you post your cover letter and resume, look for a recruitment agent who does hiring for the oil industry. Find the recruiter, make contact and talk to him. Invite him out to lunch or coffee if you have to. Keep in mind that working on an offshore oil rig is a rugged job. You are not looking for a job in MacDonalds. Show that you got what it takes. Ask him to review your cover letter and resume and give some suggestions to make it better. Its very likely that his opinion will be invaluable and will keep you from making mistakes that would normally have your resume stamped "rejected."

It isn't such a far reach to get an offshore job. And the payoff is well worth it: wages far exceed any land job in its classification. It can be very lucrative. Approach finding your offshore job with a new attitude. Educate yourself, Revise your resume. Contact a recruitment officer. Be willing to start at the bottom. Adhering to these 4 tips will give you a better chance of being hired to work on an offshore oil rig or some other oil industry job.

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