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In 80 years, oil companies large number of workers retrenched in the first line, because the price of oil somewhere around 10 dollars a barrel. Fast forward to 2008, the price of oil touched $ 150 a barrel, and we saw the oil exploration companies scrambling for workers and the payment of salaries of staff critical to the stars. Even during the worst recession in 2009, the price of oil continues to be $ 60 a barrel, some oil companies have been hiring employees, especially its oil offshoreFields.

There are many reasons for recruitment for jobs in the oil industry, remains strong and wages continue to be profitable:

Many reservoirs are productive in very inhospitable environments, such as the African jungle, the desert of the Middle East, the frozen wastes of the arctic tundra (Alaska and Siberia)
offshore oil fields are dangerous places to work, like the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Brazil, the North Sea from Europe
A number of oil fields are located inThe countries with unstable governments or ongoing civil wars, such as Nigeria, Venezuela
Hours of work very hard - every tour is followed by a two-week break, there is also a tour of 12-hour shifts of exhausting work of brutal work that is longer than two weeks away, without time out
spectacular accidents, such as the Piper Alpha drilling platform 1988 explosion in the North Sea and the recent (2010) Gulf of Mexico accident tend to discourage many workers from

Oilfield Jobsseniority Reward - A new name Roustabout earn about $ 45000-55000 $ per year (depending on location), but more than 20 years of experience, you can expect an additional $ 10,000 to do a lot to get the same job. The same year, is another hard work for the needs of the labor market, such as carpenters, painters, etc. drills, his assistant and mud engineers expect to earn $ 65,000 to 90,000 and the Tool Pusher $ can expect to take home with at least $ 100,000 each. Of course, thesefor oil rigs offshore fields. For drilling facilities on land, wages are slightly lower. On the other hand, is the level of risk.

To this oil drilling in the first line, you must find the wildcatters companies and other small oil wells. These are the companies that do the actual work are the big oil companies like Halliburton-service. In return, oil companies like BP, then take the oil services companies on the oil rigs in the oil fields they control (BP)"Own."

Other important works, such as those of men and women, the discovery of new reserves to pay anywhere from $ 80,000 to over $ 100,000, not counting a large number of sign-on bonus. These are fresh graduates from the College. The American Geological Institute reported that increasing the salaries of new geologists, 50% between 2003 and 2008. Vacation work for exploration of oil are often managed by the service of oil.

In view of the continuousstrong demand for oil from America, Europe, China, India and other developing countries, these high salaries are still ongoing. As usual, the oil companies will pay even more for workers in more dangerous places.

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