Who Wudda Guessed? Natural Gas Shale Is Hiring -- Demand Far Exceeds Supply, It Appears
Rigzone is reporting:
Since hitting a 13-year low of $1.82 per thousand British thermal units on April 20, 2012, the benchmark Henry Hub natural gas futures contract price
has steadily regained momentum. In fact, it has hovered above the $4-
mark for much of the period since mid-March of this year. Like the Henry
Hub price, hiring in the Marcellus and other shale gas plays appears to
be on the rebound after a lull earlier this decade, a Houston-based oil
and gas recruitment specialist told Rigzone at the recent American
Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Annual Convention and
Exhibition 2013 in Pittsburgh.
"Everybody's recruiting," said James Bradley, permanent hire
recruitment manager with NES Global Talent, at the sidelines of AAPG's
annual meeting.
Demand is particularly keen for drilling and well completions
engineers, subsurface geologists, geophysicists and geochemists, Bradley
said, adding that there are not enough specialists with direct
experience developing a shale gas play. As a result, operators are
wooing candidates with conventional onshore oil and gas experience "who
can jump right into shale work," he noted. He acknowledged this is often
easier said than done.
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