Talent Shortage To Drive Growth In Salaries In Oil And Gas Sector
The 2019 Global Energy Talent Index Report (GETI), the annual energy recruitment and employment trends report, has been published and against a background of rising oil prices shows increased optimism in the oil and gas job market. The GETI from Swift and Energy Jobline reports 65% of workers believe that their pay will increase in...
Confidence Returning To Oil & Gas Market
After a tough four years new research shows that for the first time since 2014 the oil and gas industry expects more new jobs to be created than lost over the next 12 months. Since the price of oil crashed in 2014 it is estimated that more than 440,000 jobs have been cut in the...
Oil Professionals Rate Supermajors As Best
A study of oil and gas workforce perceptions since the start of the global downturn has revealed which operators and service companies are rated highest by oil and gas professionals – based on key issues including values, performance and pay rates. Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP and Halliburton make up the top five in the wide-ranging Ideal...
East African Skills Gaps Opens Energy Market
With over 100,000 locals needing to be trained over the next ten years to support East Africa’s oil and gas, mining and construction ambition, a delegation of ten Scottish oil and gas training providers have been visiting Tanzania and Mozambique to offer their skills and experience to these markets and to capitalise on the significant...
Oil And Gas Workers Should Retrain?
A new online tool is designed to help skilled workers in the oil and gas sectors find job opportunities in the wider UK engineering sector, supported by the pipeline of large energy and infrastructure projects, according to the UK government. The existing Talent Retention Solution scheme, which is used by over 1,000 companies in the...
Africa’s Energy Appeal for International Contractors
Advances in Africa’s emerging oil and gas industries are adding to the continent’s increasing appeal as a rewarding and challenging work destination, as infrastructure improves and operational capabilities develop. The strength of emerging oil-producing nations, such as Ghana and South Africa, and rapid advances in Africa’s natural gas industry, are expected to contribute to a...
With Oil Below $40 What Can Energy Workers Do?
Expats working in the oil and gas sector are enduring tough times – markets are volatile, and oil is striking seven-year lows Much has been written by learned economists, traders and strategists about the direction of oil prices, says Patrick Breen of expat financial advisers AES International. The heat and noise around the latest OPEC meeting...
Oil & Gas Hiring Scales Back
Current market conditions have caused global oil and gas professionals to remain cautious in the negotiating process, according to Rigzone’s latest Global Hiring Survey. More than 55% of global hiring managers reported that they have not seen an increase in the number of candidates asking for more money in the last three months. With that...
Fluor PMC for OGPC Project Azerbaijan
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), awarded Fluor Limited (NYSE: FLR) a contract to provide project management contractor(PMC) services for its new oil-gas processing and petrochemical complex (OGPC) in Azerbaijan. Fluor will book the contract for an undisclosed value in the first quarter of 2015. The OGPC megaproject has multiple interfaces not only...
GE Lands $850m Ghana Order
GE has secured an $850 million deal across its oil & gas business for the supply of equipment to the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block, Ghana. According to GE, this order incorporates both turbomachinery and subsea elements, with the first shipment planned for Q4 2015. Further shipments are planned in order to deliver first...