Stories tagged with schlumberger

The Big Crew Change: Turnover in the Oil Workforce

The mainstay of the oil- and gas industry workforce will retire in the coming ten years. While there is a fair amount of thinking about how to fix this huge problem in the oil- and gas industry, this factor is being ignored in the energy scenarios of the International Energy Agency and Energy Information Administration. This posts looks at the numbers and potential effect on oil production of the retirement in the oil-industry.

Wednesday Open Thread

Cheers...and here's some stuff to chew on:

Schlumberger: US Oil Demand 21.642M B/D, Highest Ever in Week. (link) Update [2005-12-15 0:6:13 by Prof. Goose]: Link fixed!

Exxon: Oil demand to rise 50%...Energy industry can supply what's needed, company says. (link)

Participate.net: Syriana talk. (link)

John Robb (Global Guerrillas): "Clear and Hold?"  The current US approach in Iraq is to clear areas of insurgent activity and hold them to prevent their return. This is a redux of a 20th Century counter-insurgency method called oil spots (a variant is strategic hamlets). (link)

US News and World Report (not necessarily a peak energy publication!!): The Big Chill, A winter fuel crisis of high prices and shortages could darken homes and factories. (link)