Finding the Perfect Oil and Gas Job Match
Unless you actually have a job in the oil and gas industry you probably take for granted all those wonderful gadgets and products that make modern lifestyles so rich and comfortable. Think of the airplanes that allow global travel, the cars that allow personal mobility or the freezers that allow us to eat strawberries in winter. Of course the energy that makes all these things possible is human energy in all those oil and gas jobs.
Oil and gas jobs have been booming ever since the birth of the industry in the 1890′s. At the present time and for the foreseeable future oil and gas jobs are the source of personal wealth for millions of industry employees around the World. These people keep the oil and gas flowing and all those modern conveniences running.
Oil and gas jobs are the most complex part of an extremely complex economic sector. If you are considering applying for an oil and gas job it is good to have an overview of this complex industry. There will almost certainly be a niche oil and gas job for your particular skills and knowledge.
Broadly speaking oil and gas jobs can be thought of as falling into three arenas depending upon their proximity to the oil and gas fields. The three arenas are upstream, midstream and downstream. The upstream arena, closest to the oil and gas fields is known as the , exploration and production arena. The oil and gas jobs here are all about seeking new sources of oil and new gas fields, drilling test wells and operating them in order to extract the crude oil or raw natural gas. The core oil and gas job discipline upstream is ‘geo-science’.
The midstream arena is all about transforming, storing, marketing and moving crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids and sulfur. The core disciplines here, are as various as they are in any other commercial sector. Business skills such as marketing, personnel and distribution predominate the oil and gas jobs in this arena.
The third arena is the downstream one where the oil and gas jobs are all about crude oil refining, as well as selling and distribution of all those hydrocarbon based products such as LPG, petrol, diesel oil or jet fuel which helps generate the electricity that keeps your freezer cool.
Within each arena there is complex network of inter-related oil and gas jobs. Each of them being done by people with a wide range of professional and trade based skills. So as well as the oil and gas finders and extractors there are the ubiquitous technological support services with their IT specialists, financial management, logistics specialists, sales, administration, human resource people and many others.
So if you are seeking an oil and gas job then think about which arena, which business function and which processes your particular skills and experience would best fit in. Remember too that oil and gas jobs often require relocation, especially in the upstream arena. There are more than 40,000 oil and gas fields Worldwide. The Middle East remains the largest source of oil and gas in the World. Saudi Arabia is on top of almost 22% of the World’s known oil reserves. North America and Europe extract refine and distribute a lot of their own oil and gas therefore do not export much. So if you were to find an oil or gas job for a European or American company you are less likely to have to relocate outside your home continent.
Lina Smith
http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/finding-the-perfect-oil-and-gas-job-match-735641.html
Criteria or groups of criteria for finding a perfect match for life?
complementary yet matching personalities, similar background, what else … i’m looking for categories of criteria to evaluate a potential wife/husband
Valed
27 Feb 10 at 2:17 pm
Bacon and Eggs.
Curry and Lime Pickle.
Beer and Pork Scratchings.
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los
27 Feb 10 at 7:19 pm
I’m pretty old and I had two perfect ones and one not so.
You will find guidelines but it’s not an exact science.
I was lucky, twice, anyway.
I met my first and our first eye contact was it. She proposed to me. We married within 8 months. She died young.
I had known her best friend for 20 years, never had a thought.
My daughter asked her to ask me out. She proposed to me. We married in about a year. She died young.
No jokes please. I had enough of those.
I dated my ex for 3 years. She was younger than I. I did not consider marriage. She professed her love and proposed to me.
It was really over in 3-4 months. I lasted 14 months.
The first two were from similar backgrounds. Hard working parents, moral, honest, loving. Religious to an extent but we both held a strong faith. We had the same education. We liked to dance very much.
We liked to travel, and did.
My ex…too young but flattered me. And in the back of my mind, I thought that she would not die before me. I felt some love, and then fell head over heels.
Same education, similar hard working parents, but, somewhat a dysfunctional family.
While dating for 3 years we enjoyed many of the same activities.
Except dancing. Should have been my first clue, huh?
I believed her every word. My mistake.
She was in bad financial straights. Debts and IRS. I corrected all that.
We had no financial problems. She had anything she wanted.
I financed her realtor school. She had her freedom to come and go.
Mostly go.
I left 6 years ago. Still love her but my trust is in shreds. She remarried and he beat her up./ divorced.
She has some regrets, but I just can’t go back. She asked once.
I would have to possess her and never let her out of my sight.
Neither of us could live that way.
I wish you the best of what I had, and not the worst.
Don’t allow a man to possess you or control you. He must allow you the freedom to be anything you can and want to be. You may have a career and he should support you as you should him.
Love and marriage should be fun, not a chore or an ordeal. It doesn’t take a lot of money to have that.
Good luck.
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eji
27 Feb 10 at 7:21 pm