Where are the Oily People? A lot of them are in Punto Fijo walking around on the street selling Arepas. Thats pretty much what they're good for. No real oil company will touch them with a ten foot pole.
That is not a fair assesment, not tomention a bit harsh, even while at record profits major oil companies are still cutting workers, no new projects.
Meanwhile there have been some that have been hired, for example Alberta is a willing taker due to the tar oil sands, and some other projects in Central America and Saudi Arabia, even PDVSA is taking some of them back. Not all of them were competent as advertised but a very good chunk were, if only they were not corrupted by hatred and politics.
"even while at record profits major oil companies are still cutting workers, no new projects."
That is not what the article said at all. It was pointing out that big oil couldn't carry out projects because of labor shortages. And the projects going foward are now much more expensive. So maybe you have some inside knowledge but that is what the paper said.
"Meanwhile there have been some that have been hired, for example Alberta is a willing taker due to the tar oil sands, and some other projects in Central America and Saudi Arabia, even PDVSA is taking some of them back. "
True, I heard about the ones in Alberta. But it is a small number. And they have to live in minus 35 degree weather (serves them right). I think a very high proportion of those fired weren't techinical but financial/administrative. I remember when they published the lists of those fired it seemed a lot more of them were in administrative roles than engineering for example.
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