Note in the BP article above how "troops will be deployed to the front lines".

Amazing. Every oil major had district and regional offices about 20 years ago... then they all pulled back to Houston. Many 100 billion dollars in value were created by the independents that backfilled them on the front lines. Now they are moving back.

I wonder how well they will fill the ranks on today's "front lines". Certainly offers the smart young college grad some interesting lifestyle opportunities.

There is nothing new under the sun.

FF

I don't think they are talking about Lafayette, Ardmore, Cushing and Tulsa. They are talking about taking managers and demoting them back to the level of the people they are currently managing.

I just took retirement and started consulting. I am one who has self-re-deployed. I was exploration director for China, but now, I am a development geophysicist, just picking records in front of a work station. Life is wonderful.

http://home.entouch.net/dmd/Oilcrisis.htm