According to Blue Ridge Biofuels, it can recycle cooking oil to create diesel energy and provide jobs to the people of Asheville. The BioDiesel can be used to heat homes and to power diesel vehicles. The recycling process will also help the Metropolitan Sewerage District as the grease will not clog up the sewer system. [...]
Oil Jobs
The oil and gas shale boom of late has improved the U.S jobs market dramatically. This comes in the form of oilfield services such as the manufacturing of drilling equipment, pumps and pipes. Since September last year there has been a 10.3 % growth in the mining, oil and gas field machinery sector with gas [...]
The Alaskan Energy for Jobs Act has been announced by the House Natural Resources Committee, which will open up the oil reserve in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Representative Don Young said that the Act would allow for “future energy production and job creation”. This Act is expected to be included in the recent [...]
The time for new jobs in oil and gas, especially in oil drilling is slowly rising, thanks to new approvals and leases by the U.S. Government, specifically in Alaska. Obama has recently approved 500 oil drilling leases off the coast of Alaska, and many other projects are waiting in the wings for approval. Many people [...]
With the oil and gas industry experiencing an increase in activity over recent month, so the demand for commercial truck drivers for the industry has increased. Workforce Solutions, as an example, has over 280 truck driver job listings for those working in the oil and gas industry. The Director of Workforce Solutions, Carole Kolle, said, [...]
Ohio is being looked at closely as the next oil and gas boom. This comes after various studies have taken place and research has gone into the development of the Utica Shale formation. The Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program (OOGEEP) released a recent study about how the economy is being positively affected by [...]
Over 54,000 oil and gas jobs could be created in the industry in Alaska, if the production levels return to the way they were before the moratorium was introduced. This is according to the president of the US Chamber of Commerce, Thomas Donahue. He is trying to urge the US Congress and President Barack Obama [...]
U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Enforcement and Regulation (BOEMRE) has given the Shell Oil Company conditional approval to begin drilling exploration oil wells in the Beaufort Sea as of July 2012. This approval has been given with the condition that Shell obtains all the necessary legal permits from relevant environmental agencies upon a full [...]
The oil and gas industry in Texas is increasing to pre-recession highs with over 224,200 oil exploration and oil production jobs in the area. This makes the oil and gas employment rate the highest it has been in Texas since October 2008, when it had its last oil industry peak, according to Karr Ingham, the [...]
