In an effort to reduce global warming, the Alberta Oil Sands project in Canada has taken a few knocks, to say the least. In the most recent Reuters Global Energy Summit held in Washington today, Steven Chu, the US Energy Secretary, stated that an agreement would have to be reached regarding the Oil Sands project and its impact on the environment. A firm believer in technology, Chu believes that this will be the answer to the Canada Oil Sands industry, which brings the largest supply of foreign crude oil into the US. Unfortunately, whilst very effective and securing strong ties with Canada, the Oil Sands project does pose some environmental damage regarding deforestation, global warming, and water resources, which various environmental groups have pointed out. The governments of Canada and ...

About 17 feet of oil was discovered in the Four Rivers Project on Saturday the 28th February 2009. The Four Rivers Project consists of various prospects running through parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. The oil was discovered after the third well in the Sunnyside Prospect reached a depth of 6000 feet. There are 2 zones that are considered to be profitable at the moment and the Chief Engineer of the oil company in charge, Pryme, is confident that this primary well and another shallower secondary well will raise the potential for additional drilling locations. One of the new locations set for drilling in a few weeks time is the North Natchez prospect. With this discovery and the many new drilling prospects in this area and others around the country, there are also plenty of oil drilling jo...

If you have an interest in the tons of crude oil that is transported around America, then you should know that there are numerous places where you can find petroleum pipeline jobs. There are more than 200 000 miles of pipes running across the nation and they not only transport crude oil to refineries and plants, but the refined products such as natural gas are also transported via these pipes to power stations, distribution stations and more. Working in the gas and oil pipeline sector can provide you will lots of options of where you can work, and it will also see you earning a high salary as many of the positions offered require a college degree and some on site training. Here are some of the jobs that you can find working oin oil pipelines: Oil Pipeline Construction Diver Oil and Gas Pi...

With more and more experts predicting a drop in oil and gas industry prices, BP Migas is actually offering tenders in June 2009 for 20 places in certain blocks in Eastern Indonesia. This means hundreds more jobs that will be available very soon for potential gas industry and oil industry workers. These 20 properties that BP Migas is tendering for are all deepwater drilling acres of the coast of Indonesia that have incredible potential. In the 2008 tenders there were 31 blocks that were been offered. The due date for direct bidders of this phase of bidding, which is Phase 2 has been pushed to the 20th February to allow more time to study the income tax implications. There are a total of 15 blocks that are offered for direct tender, and there are 16 blocks that are up for bidding via regular...

Working on an oil rig is a dangerous and difficult job and besides the long hours, and tough living conditions, you must also be away from home for long periods of time. The potential for boredom to set in is something that employees have to fight, as well as the tendency to become complacent when it comes to safety procedures. Recently in the wake of the tropical Cyclone Billy off the Australian and Indonesian Coasts, one oil producing vessel was caught off guard as its operator failed to pull up its anchors in time to vacate the area and avoid the cyclone. The vessel weathered most of the cyclone until its last anchor broke and it made its way to safety. No one was injured in the incident, although this might not have been the case if the storm had been worse. With this recent event, the...

If you have a hunger to work in the oil and gas industry and are most interested in jobs on oil rigs, in gas and oil refineries, working on the soon-to-be-built Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Project or being involved in the oil sands projects in Canada, OilJobFinder is the ultimate website for you. You will not only learn about all the jobs you can go after working for oil and gas companies such as, administrative positions, entry level positions, white collar workers, and various management, but you will also find out how to apply for your dream jobs using the member’s area job board.  Here are some of the high level jobs that you can get working in the gas and oil industry: Geophysicist Oil and Gas Jobs – A geophysicist studies the internal and external composition ...

Oil rigs are massive structures that require a large, well trained crew.  As a crew member you live on the oil rig for months at a time, but earn a very good salary which is easy to save. The oil industry is a demanding one with tens of thousands of new jobs being offered every year. Oil rig jobs take you all over the world into regions of Alaska, Mexico, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. With your OilJobFinder membership you’ll have access to in-depth oil and gas industry information, and learn all about the earning potential, qualifications that you need, and how to apply for oil jobs. There are offshore and onshore oil rigs that you can learn about, and when you become a member of OilJobFinder you will be provided with information about oil production and refining, a...