I am a holder of a Higher National Diploma (H.N.D) in mechanical engineering, production option. I completed in the year 2001. I have vast experience in Welding and fabrication, Machine operation and maintenance as well as forklift driving. at the moment i am working with saltpond offshore producing company, a crude oil producing company as a production technician operator.
Just keep applying to all of the big companies, I assume that you have your ASME welding ticket? If not, forget it. How you obtained "vast experience" in six years is a mystery, however, I am sure that your fork lift experience will be usefull.
How do i get a job as a rig worker ?
Is anyone interested in the facts about offshore drilling?
THE FACT THAT THE US ALREADY HAS 510,000 wells is just one reason why we cannot simply "drill more wells" to achieve a fictional energy independence, as many Americans naively suggest. Most of the oil in the US has already been found and produced – the peak of US oil production happened in 1970, and it can NOT be achieved again.
I have noticed that the lead on stories in the news about offshore drilling refer to the present debate as one to allow offshore drilling. We presently have over 4000 active producing wells in the gulf of Mexico and there is still a substantial portion of the leased territory that has not been explored or drilled. Would it not be wise to drill in the area already allocated before adding additional areas not now open to drilling
There is another fact that is being overlooked, and that is the availability of drilling equipment to drill deep water wells and the age of the Riggs already in use. I am told that the life expectancy for an oil drilling rig is about 25 years and a substantial number of the Riggs in active use are already over that age
T Boone Pickens is the quentisential oilman. He has made billions of dollars drilling for oil, and he has stated infactically that more drilling will not reduce the price of oil or gasoline, and there is no way we can drill our way out of this mess. He does favor more drilling, he is an oilman, and his primary interest is in making money and there is no doubt that oil comopanies will make more money with additional wells.
That being the case and allowing that there is still areas untapped , would it not seem probable that the oil companies would be drilling more wells already given the high price of oil, if they had the capabability
Crypt. The first paragraph is a fact. I am trying to address this subject in a serious way, and anything you might have to offer to contravene the information is welcome. Other than uninformed opinion that is. There are plenty of other similar questions available for you to vent if that is what you are about
September 10 : Pickens is investing billions of his own money in Wind and Natural gas Kind of strange for an oilman wouldn’t you say Unless of course there is no future in oil..
TYCHICUS: Its pretty obvious by your response that you have not looked at any of the statistical data put out by the oil companies themselves. You haven’t listened to T. Boone Pickens either. He just testified before Congress on the subject of Energy. If you had listened to what he has to say, you would know that he doesn’t support corn based ethanol .
As for drilling new wells. You aren’t paying attention. In order to drill new wells you need the equipment. You also need to explore. The oil companies have been putting their profits into buying back their own stock to increase profits instead of pursuing new oil and drilling .
The remarks on the peak production are a statement from oil companies, not speculation on my part
What you think constitutes Fascism is irrelevant. If you can read, you should look the word in your dictionary, its meaning is not subjective. You show your ignorance by making such statements
Nancy Pelosi is not the head of our Government , George Bush is. and if you feel that Fascism is alive and well in this country, who am I to disagree. All of the symptoms do seem to be present. You have just not correctly identified the dictator.
Peak oil source
http://www.energybulletin.net/primer
Source: oil companies buy back stock to increase profit instead of exploring and drilling new wells.
http://www.newsobserver.com/110/story/1149732.html
Stock buy back. Alan Greenspan made the same observation in an interview on CNBC.
Guess he must be one of those flaming liberals eh.
No. They don’t want to hear any actual facts in this regard. It’s too scary. All they know is that it is killing their budget to fuel up their giant SUVs so they can commute 2 hours by themselves to work and back every day. They are ignorant sheep who go by this logic: Drilling produces oil, so, more drilling must be better. Let’s do it!!!
Our World: Offshore Oil Drilling
In this NASA video segment learn about offshore oil drilling. Color animation is used to demonstrate how oil is collected from the ground. This segment also discusses oil polluting the ocean.
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Miceico Is The 4th Richest Oil Nation In The World, Why Do They Cry Poor? The Are Also The 12 Strongest Econ?
ECONOMY IN THE WORLD
MEXICO IS THE 4TH RICHEST OIL NATION IN THE WORLD
SOURCE:
CNN
1. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/18/obit.lopez.ap/
The state petroleum monopoly Pemex had discovered big oil deposits offshore in the Gulf of Mexico that were twice Alaska’s North Slope — doubling the nation’s reserves — just before Lopez Portillo was elected.
He concentrated on developing petroleum production, quickly turning Mexico into the world’s fourth-richest oil nation at a time when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries cartel was squeezing top dollar out of the United States and other big industrialized countries
Huge gap between rich and poor. Pervasive corruption.
The USA is getting there too: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/27/business/27richer.html
(archived at: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.bush/browse_thread/thread/e8f33ae36180e01f/f12c6599d1a5d2d9 )
Is offshore drilling really a solution to our energy problem?
According to this article from the EIA, any significant amount of crude oil wouldn’t be produced until 2017, and it would take until 2030 until any noticable price reduction took place.
Thats 20 years we would have to wait, and they don’t even think it would affect gas prices!!
Also, how exactly does 20+ years of increased oil production cure our addiction to it??
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/otheranalysis/ongr.html
No, it’s not really a longterm answer to our energy problem. In my opinion, this is being presented to voters as a stop gap measure to drop gas prices. But it’s really a way to boost oil and natural gas company revenue. As you stated, you don’t just stick a drill in the ocean floor and BAM oil! Prices drop and everyone is happy. It takes time, and money to search for oil – even if we think we know where it is.
Anyone who understands the global nature of our economy would realize that drilling for oil off the coast of Alaska or Florida benefits neither of those states gas prices directly. Unfortunately for us, the people making the decisions have vested interests in making these bad decisions and selling us on it w/ a savings promise that will never materialize.
How can we become energy independent?
How can we become energy independent when the Liberals are against all forms of energy production? So what Should we do?
Oil Drilling:
oil production and Environmental Damage
http://www.american.edu/TED/projects/tedcross/xoilpr15.htm
N .J. Dems oppose offshore oil drilling – Breaking News From New …
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/n_j_dems_speak_out_against_off.html
Windmills:
Storm Over Mass. Windmill Plan
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/2…
Wind Farms Face Green Resistance
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/0…
Altamont Pass so dangerous for birds of prey?
http://www.audubonmagazine.org/features0…
Wind mills take Acers and Acers of land to produce the same as one Oil Well which is more environmentally friendly? And witch will be more harmful to animal species in the areas?
Solar:
Hearings to debate impact of solar farms on threatened species
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stori…
Solar farms’ impact to be explained
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/environment/…
Solar panels take Acers and Acers of land to produce the same
as one Oil Well which is more environmentally friendly? And witch will be more harmful to animal species in the areas?
hydroelectric:
The fates of salmon and hydroelectric production lie in the hands of a federal judge
http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/…
Threatened and Endangered Fishes
http://www.fish.state.pa.us/anglerboater…
Nuclear:
Opposing nuclear power: past and present
http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/07sa.html
The case against nuclear power | Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/nuclear/the-case-against-nuclear-power-20080108
Convert coal to liquid form and use engines that burn it for fuel. The problem with it is that it is the dirtiest way of getting energy. The good thing is the US is the Saudi Arabia of coal. Its dirt cheap.
Offshore Oil Rig Crane Work
Oil rig in the north sea. Crane work taking place.Are small on-shore oil wells going to make a difference in price?
All these federal leases the hippies and media keep talking about are small beans. Think about this. The first month after you drill a well is the best production, then output, production, oil, whatever you want to call it, slows, either fast or slow, until the well stops producing. These federal leases have oil and companies are drilling on them, I know, my company is doing it right now. But in order to increase daily output, which is supply on the macro scale, you would have to drill so many of these kinds of wells the companies would have to employ all of mexico. These wells on federal leases will not help the world price of oil. Exxon can’t even keep up with its decline drilling these sorry wells. You can make money though, which is why I have a job. Exxon and "big oil" need to have the opportuntity to find huge feilds off the continental shelf. These kinds of wells can make tons of oil with just a few holes. Companies drilling big wells can increase production enough to lower the price, but we’re talkin like 1 million barrels a day kind of stuff, not pusy as wells everybody is drilling on these federal leases.
And btw Exxon is a small company, compared to the rest in the world, all big companies are owned by governments, usually sorry governments like Saudi Araba and Iran. You folks need to root for Exxon and our "big" oil companies. When Exxon is making a big profit that means your money stays here as opposed to your money going to Hugo or Iran. Ask Nancy "Know your power" pelosi if she would rather Exxon make the profits or Chaves and the Iran Nut make tons of money? Wouldn’t you rather we buy some oil from the great American Company Exxon or crazy communist all over the world?
Also, when the media tries to make you mad by tell you Exxon made 11 billion while you pay $4 gasoline remember that due to inflation every time profits report come out of Exxon it should be a record. Not to mention about half of Americans own Exxon stock. Keep more money in America, let ‘em drill offshore.
Jason A I wish I could respond to you, why don’t you accpet e-mails? Pussy.
You don’t think finding 2 or 3 million BPD would help prices?
Also if Exxon is selling more oil at a lower price it still could help their profits which is all they care about. You assume Exxon wants the highest price possible whcih is dumb. You obviously were drinking koolaid and smoking pot instead of going to economics class. Coward Hippie, accept e-mails.
Look at the Naval Reserve that’s leased out already. It has almost as much oil as ANWR and it’s less than 60 miles from ANWR. It still won’t make a dent in the price of oil.
What progress is being made on alternate energy supplies?
Our federal Energy Information Administration has reported that offshore drilling will have little effect on oil and gas production or on prices before 2030.
I accessed that source from the EIA website which lists official energy statistics from the US government.
Also I read this article. www.peakoil.org -
The article titled:
"Peak Oil: Life After The Oil Crash."
This is why I’m concerned!
Well, Chevy is going to release an Electric fuel cell car called the volt. T. Boone Pickens is creating the worlds largest wind farm in Texas. In Brazil they have created ethanol out of sugar cane(which creates a better fuel than the corn version) so alternative energies are not out of the question, just when will they become main stream.
A Case for ANWR and Offshore Oil Exploration
As the nation’s struggling economy surpasses the war in Iraq as the biggest concern for most Americans, it is time for Congress to make a serious decision on the issue of domestic drilling in ANWR and offshore oil reserves. The widespread call to end the 1981 moratorium on offshore drilling coupled with a decision to drill in the ANWR region could significantly reduce our dependency on foreign oil. Here is why this is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and what can be done now to solve it…
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