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No jobs in architecture: Can I use my degree to work in the oil & gas industry?

Mar 27, 2009 by Age | Posted in Studying Abroad

I hold an honors degree in Architecture. Due to the economic climate, I cannot find a job with an architecture firm.
I really need to make a bit of money and so was thinking about trying to get an offshore job.
Would I need to retrain (apart

If you mean a hands on job, no the degree won't help and the guys will hate you,and try to make you look bad from the Foreman down because of your previous job. sorry buddy. maybe you could get an admin. job on a rig, or something out there in the engineering.

Brian K | Mar 27, 2009

Gas Industry Spending: Or, How to Win the Race to the Bottom

20.05.12

Over the last few years, television commercials extolling the virtues of hydrofracking while conveniently papering over the degradation it causes have become pretty common fare in Pennsyslvania and western New York.  The imagery is predictable — gorgeous meadows and untarnished countryside, attractive young couples, both happily employed by the same benevolent Oil & Gas company (focus groups loved the man who looks like the lead singer for Megadeath with a haircut) — you get the picture.  The message conveyed by this young couple has become a mantra in the industry:  drilling is good for their family, good for the surrounding community, good for the environment, good for the economy, good for Americans.  The industry’s strategy is apparently to repeat this rosy view of hydrofracking until the public forgets all of the problems it can cause, like toxic air pollution, groundwater contamination, and billions of gallons of hazardous wastewater.

Source: Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)

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Oil & Gas Companies in Libya – a Who's Who | Oil Blog - Oil & Gas ...

by Richard Krijgsman

Bouncing back from  the period of isolation that followed the nationalization of its oil industry in 1973, there are currently no fewer than 35 foreign oil and gas companies active in the country , including leading NOCs and IOCs from every world... However there is one factor that may play a positive role in ensuring a positive outcome for the industry once the dust has settled and that is the impressive geopolitical of participation in Libyan oil and gas....

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Oil and gas production in nontechnical language
254 pages 		Oil and gas production in nontechnical language

Creator: Martin Raymond, William L. Leffler | Technology & Engineering - 2005
Complete with helpful charts and diagrams, this book covers everything from production equipment and processes to theory, business operations, and strategies.
Publisher: PennWell Corp.
Production Chemicals for the Oil and Gas Industry
437 pages 		Production Chemicals for the Oil and Gas Industry

Creator: Malcolm A. Kelland | Science - 2009-06-23
Publisher: CRC
The oil and gas industry, exploration and production contracts
317 pages 		The oil and gas industry, exploration and production contracts

Creator: Yinka Omorogbe | Business & Economics - 1997
Oil and gas exploration and production, reserves, costs, contracts
320 pages 		Oil and gas exploration and production, reserves, costs, contracts

Creator: Denis Babusiaux | Business & Economics - 2007
This book provides a complete overview of the stakes and challenges involved in oil and gas exploration and production.
Publisher: Technip Editions
Metallurgy and Corrosion Control in Oil and Gas Production
296 pages 		Metallurgy and Corrosion Control in Oil and Gas Production

Creator: Robert Heidersbach, Bob Heidersbach | Science - 2011-02-22
This book is intended for engineers and related professionals in the oil and gas production industries.
Publisher: Wiley

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Sanchez criticizes regulations that affect the oil and gas industry
Chicago Tribune - May 20, 2012
John Sanchez on Wednesday criticized regulations he said impede the oil and gas industry's ability to create jobs. "I will continue to fight to see the oil and gas industry is treated the way it should be, as a valuable and responsible partner in the

Oil industry adds $61 billion to Oklahoma economy, report shows
Chicago Tribune - May 20, 2012
Oil industry adds $61 billion to Oklahoma economy, report shows The oil and natural gas industry pumped $61 billion into the Oklahoma economy last year, according to a report commissioned by the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board. "This study is an effort to understand better the impact on jobs and taxes," OERB

End Polluter Welfare Bill Would Stop Coal, Oil, Gas Subsidies
Environment News Service - May 20, 2012
End Polluter Welfare Bill Would Stop Coal, Oil, Gas Subsidies WASHINGTON, DC, May 10, 2012 (ENS) - Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent, and Congressmen Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat, today introduced a legislation to end billions of dollars in subsidies for the oil, gas and coal industries.

Norway's Conservatives Open to Lofoten Oil, Gas Exploration
BusinessWeek - May 20, 2012
“These are very promising areas and it takes a long time from when you begin until you can start production.” Statoil ASA (STL), Norway's largest oil and gas producer, had lobbied for the areas to be opened up before Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's

Ohio Republicans Turn Against Their Governor on Behalf of the Oil Industry
Huffington Post (blog) - May 20, 2012
And the oil and gas industry? Well, they are busily drilling wells in Pennsylvania -- even Texas with a 7.5 percent severance tax isn't suffering from a mass flight of drilling rigs. So they know they can live with the tax. What they can't live with is