Sentences with phrase «oil industry workers»

Oil industry workers encounter many serious risks in the oil fields.

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Oil and gas companies have laid off some 250,000 workers worldwide, according to industry consultants, Graves & Co..

The Oil & Petrochemical Industries Workers Confederation agreed to end the walkout after the government refused to negotiate while labor was off the job.

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This is not really a surprise because the oil and gas industry is one of the most capital intensive in the world, employing less than 1 % of Canadian workers.

Formed toward the end of the 1950s, two of these groups remain active today: the FARC (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces), which draws its primary strength from campesinos in the south, and the ELN (Army of National Liberation), whose strength is greater in the north among oil workers, indigenous groups defending their habitat against encroachment by the oil industry, and the Afro - Colombian population.

In the same way that the energy industry today is mistakenly identified with «Big Oil» (Exxon, Chevron, et al.), when it is in fact conducted predominantly by smaller independent companies most readers will have never heard of, modern capitalism is not largely the purview of Apple and Walmart, but rather of small, privately owned businesses with less than one hundred employees providing services or products the public wants or needs in order to support the families of the owners and provide jobs for their workers.

Writing in the Press and Journal ahead of a visit to Aberdeen with Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy, he warned that the industry was «at a cross-roads» and called for a resilience fund for oil workers and tax incentives:

In his welcome address, the National President of PENGASSAN, Comrade Francis Johnson, pledged the oil workers» union commitment to remain «true partners of progress in the nation's Oil & Gas Industry.&raqoil workers» union commitment to remain «true partners of progress in the nation's Oil & Gas Industry.&raqOil & Gas Industry.»

Dr. Baru seized the opportunity of the event to commend the Petroleum & Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, and the Nigerian Union of Petroleum & Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, for their role in ensuring harmony in the nation's Oil and Gas Industry, saying this has helped stabilize petroleum products supply across the country.

From 2010 to 2012, nearly 24,000 temporary oilfield workers joined the approximately 27,000 permanent residents in Williams Country, the seat of the region's commercial oil industry.

Oil and gas workers in the North Sea industry who become unemployed as a result of the industry's downturn could be given the chance to retrain as teachers.

These industries include construction, manufacturing, and natural resources — such as oil, gas, and forestry — and even they are increasingly seeking to hire skilled workers with higher educational attainment.

Earlier this year there were reports that the oil and gas industry was struggling to find workers — even unskilled ones.

When oil prices were lucrative and the industry was booming, many Canadians joined the ranks to cash in; including a high volume of workers from the east coast.

Although the oil industry in Alberta hasn't completely gone bust, workers are noticing changes including layoffs, higher expenses that used to be covered by their employer and reduced work hours leading to less pay.

Hurricane Harvey has barreled into the heart of the U.S. oil and gas industry, prompting the sudden evacuation of workers.

Oil and gas production is so massive in the United States that over 2.5 million American workers are employed by the petroleum industry.

He's also implying that he'll stick with his (ill - timed) support for expanded offshore drilling — although obviously with an aggressive clampdown on the oil industry and the agencies that, in theory at least, were supposed to protect workers and the environment.

Latest in Exxon oil spill reveals AG hired firm with oil industry ties, residents are ill and workers misinformed.

While the Trump team characterizes the question as an effort to bring about transparency, it's worrying workers because the head of Trump's Energy Department landing team is Tom Pyle — who is better known as the president of the oil - industry - funded advocacy group American Energy Alliance.

Safety is a core value of the oil and natural gas industry — safety for workers, communities near active operations and the environment, from protecting plants and animals to reducing emissions for cleaner air.

Subtitle B: Disposition of Allowances -(Sec. 321) Amends the CAA to set forth provisions governing the disposition of emission allowances, including specifying allocations: (1) for supplemental emissions reductions from reduced deforestation; (2) for the benefit of electricity, natural gas, and / or home heating oil and propane consumers; (3) for auction, with proceeds for the benefit of low income consumers and worker investment; (4) to energy - intensive, trade - exposed industries; (5) for the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technology; (6) to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy; (7) to be distributed to Energy Innovation Hubs and advanced energy research; (8) to invest in the development and deployment of clean vehicles; (9) to domestic petroleum refineries and small business refiners; (10) for domestic and international adaptation; (11) for domestic wildlife and natural resource adaptation; and (12) for international clean technology deployment.

While one of API's main publicity claims is the oil industry's support for 9.2 million jobs, this inflated figure «includes not only legitimate direct and indirect jobs but more remote «induced» jobs that the API has listed as including everything from day - care workers to valets to rocket scientists.»

The oil and natural gas industry is a bright spot for these workers.

The people of the Gulf Coast, the oil industry, and the environment dodged a bullet, because the woefully inadequate, even counterproductive cleanup measures that were in place during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster have not been improved since that catastrophe killed eleven rig workers and ravaged human health and the environment throughout the region.

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Poaching: a side - industry Workers who distill the oil deep in the jungle also often rely on poaching rare animals (tigers, pangolins, peacocks, pythons and wild cats) for food or for extra income on illegal wildlife markets.

Between 2003 and 2011, 935 American workers were killed in the oil and gas refinery industry.

Many workers in the oil, gas and construction industries are at a much greater risk of being injured or killed in a workplace accident due to the...

These regulations require that there be a «prime contractor» for every worksite in the forestry, oil and gas, or construction industries, involving multiple employers and ten or more workers.

In addition to representing individuals and families affected by negligent fracking practices, Houston toxic tort attorney Neal Davis fights for oil and gas industry workers injured in fracking accidents all over the state of Texas.

The industries that document the highest rate of asbestos exposure in Baton Rouge include industrial industries such as chemical manufacturing, chemical refineries, oil & gas refineries, petrochemical plants, manufacturing, fireproofing and fire fighting, navy and shipyard workers, and the maritime industry.

As the industry continues to boom, workers continue to make a decent living drilling for oil and gas; however, it is also a very dangerous industry that causes many serious injuries and deaths each year.

Professional truck drivers, along with people in other industries like oil rig workers, are exposed to a high level of danger in order to provide a necessary service to American society.

Comparing press reporting of workplace injuries with the actual official injury statistics (claims data from the Association of Workers» Compensation Boards of Canada), the study authors conclude newspapers «dramatically over-report» fatalities, injuries to men, injuries in the construction and mining / quarrying / oil industries and acute physical and traumatic injuries... «Basically, newspapers construct injuries as things that violently kill blue - collar men.»

In a single year, the Houston Chronicle found that 79 workers lost limbs, 82 were crushed, 92 suffered burns, and 675 broke bones in oil industry work accidents that were reported to insurance carriers.

Pilots, soldiers, anglers, offshore oil or gas industry workers, etc. can expect higher premiums compared to those working in comparatively safer environments like offices, shops, or schools.

There are some occupations that are considered by insurers as high risk than others for e.g. soldiers, pilots, fishermen, miners, off - shore oil or gas industry workers, etc. are considered more dangerous occupations that people working in offices with a desk job, shop workers, teachers, etc..

Oil and gas remains a temporary contract worker - led industry, but the there are strong drivers for this shift in focus of talent sourcing by employers.

The global oil and gas industry has suffered with skills shortages, particularly in subsea, geosciences and petroleum engineering and here highly skilled and experienced older workers are considered prized company assets.

Europe's oil and gas industry is suffering from a «brain drain» of skilled workers to regions, such as the Middle East and Russia, that are investing heavily in building infrastructure and can afford to pay «top dollar».

But they can mean workers have a chance to advance and find more jobs, «We're seeing (construction) workers go to higher paying jobs in other states, like Texas and North Dakota and to other industries, like oil and gas,» according to Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce CEO Kelly Brough.

Further complicating the oil and gas business reality in Alberta are fears over skilled workers leaving not just the industry but the province altogether.

This is despite government programmes designed to encourage workers into the oil and gas industry, and specific company initiatives to recruit at entry level.

Whether you want to work on an oil rig engineer for Saulsbury Industries, a teacher for the Ector County School District, or as a factory floor worker at the Coco - Cola distribution center, Odessa has the job for you.

Outside of «types» of welding, workers can also categorize themselves by industry, for example automotive, oil & gas, construction, manufacturing, etc..

Homebuilders, who have been scrambling to find skilled laborers, may find a larger available pool as hard - hat workers leave the slowing oil drilling industry in favor of construction, which is experiencing wage hikes.