Oilspill, sun, Italy, jobs.

Lovely weather here in sunny Scotland, hope it's as good whereyou are.

A few positions available at the moment. See the end for more information.

News wise, pretty much all the focus has been on the Spill in the GoM. I like this article, as it is the closest to the truth of what happened as you are likely to get... Including some strong language. The implication that Big Tony Hayward suspected something may happen, and sold his shares, are a bit on the paranoid side, but it is a hell of a coincidence.

The knock on effect for the area is obviously going to be huge. With speculation that 75,000 jobs may go. The impact on the companies involved has also been pretty large, and with the $20bn promised to help out by BP could make them a hell of a prime target for a takeover.

There is some good news though. Obama has authorised 400 new leases on the sly, and so he obviously sees the need to continue drilling once this dies down, so his rhetoric and his actions seem to be at odds.

In other news, there's another alarmist article about drilling off Italy.

Jobs wise, I am looking for Land based drilling guys for Oman. Senior people from Rig Managers and up. I also need Cementers for the North Sea, Algerian Cementers and Mud Engineers for Algeria, and MPD people from anywhere. Email me if you're interested.

Some good news

A couple of (potentially) good things have come up on the offshore side.

First, Thad Allen has suggested that relief wells are pre-drilled before they are needed. Article here and another here. on the plus side, this means there will be twice as much work offshore as there was previously, but of course, costs will skyrocket as well.

Also, Barrack is trying to extract the digit and get things moving faster so hopefully the moratorium in the US will move quicker than 6 months. Article here. (Don't worry, I do use other sources, not justthe Huffington Post)

Jobs wise, at the moment I need Cementers, Mud andCementing Supervisors (experience in both, not 2 seperate jobs) and also Structural Integrity Engineers, flow Engineers, and Process Engineers.

Welcome

As I am involved in recruitment for Offshore services, I have had access to a lot of different information. It makes sense to keep track of this information and share it with my clients and candidates alike.

My company are involved in many areas of recruitment including:

Structural/Design/Process Engineering
Downhole Tools
Cementing/Casing
Well Supervision/Well Engineering
Production
Subsea Engineering
EPC
Project Management
HSE
Electrical
Mechanical
Controls/Instrumentation

I will be aiming to post any relevant news and information, as well as keeping you up to date of the vacancies available. To get in touch with me direct, please email me