An article on FuelFix explains why EOG Resources, Devon Energy and Chesapeake Energy are considered to be among the best-paying companies in the United States. This article also illustrates the amazing salary opportunities available through jobs in the natural gas industry.
An article on the RigZone website explores what some communities in Pennsylvania are doing to prepare people for potential jobs in the Marcellus Shale natural gas play.
An article on the WBOY.com website explores some issues related to out-of-state workers who have jobs in the new shale gas plays. The article seems to be written from the understandable perspective of an unemployed person who lives in the gas play rather than a gas industry manager who needs to get wells or pipeline completed as rapidly as possible.
An article on the NewsOK.com website gives you a glimpse of what Ryan Miller, a geophysicist with Devon Energy Company, does on the job. He works on a team that investigates subsurface rock units for oil and natural gas.
In Scranton, Pennsylvania, companies involved in the Marcellus Shale gas drilling explained how they need help from local businesses in acquiring the products and services needed to run their operations. More at TheTimes-Tribune.com.
The Community College of Allegheny County is developing degree and certificate programs to prepare workers for jobs in Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry. More at the Observer-Reporter.com website.
An article on the 2theadvocate.com website reports that the Haynesville Shale generated a lot of economic activity in Louisiana – $5.7 billion in new household income, $10.6 billion in new business sales and over 57,000 new jobs.
An article in the TimesLeader explores the impact of a natural gas boom on local economies. Abundant natural gas jobs could draw workers away from other businesses and fuel consumption of apartments, hotel rooms, restaurant meals, building materials and drive up prices. As resource development matures the number of jobs will fall and the need for good and services will fall.
Some people in Pennsylvania want to see rules that require natural gas drilling companies to hire Pennsylvania residents for Marcellus Shale jobs within the state. More at PennLive.com.
The Marcellus Shale Coalition website has a diverse list of jobs that need to be filled as the Marcellus Shale natural gas play develops across West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York.
Compressor operator, cartographer, electrician, GIS specialist, equipment operator, lease hand, well tender, derrick hand, driller, floor hand, welder, field engineer, geochemist, environmental technician…. there is a long list of jobs.
