Not any new ones anyway...
News wise, some boys in London were done for insider trading on oil stocks.
At the risk of repeating myself, Pride are now doing well on the deepwater side, and struggling with the Jack ups.
And, because I'm on a roll when it comes to repetition, here's the latest on the Falklands.
Jobs wise, there's only a few things on the go:
Cementing installation project co-ordinator - need equipment installation experience
2nd Engineer PSV - North Sea
Marine Superintendant - Shore based Singapore.
Sorry not more chat this week, just trying to find the time.
Friday 19 February 2010
Friday 12 February 2010
Running to stay still
Big gap between postings this and last week, largely due to a high work volume, so I can't really complain. Few new jobs in, see the end as usual.
The Falklands are the big story at the moment. The UK plans to start drilling there in February, and the Argentinians are less than happy, claiming soveriegnty over the area. With all of our eggs in the Iraq and Afghanistan baskets, I don't know how sensible an idea this is to be poking this particular animal, but what do I know. Lots of links on this here and here and an FT article is here (remember you only get one of these a day!)
Also, the Latest development which I got as I was writing this, the Argentines have blocked a vessel with some supplies, so I think they might do something similar when the rig goes there.
This is quite interesting too, although it's just a short term contract, it looks like American companies are invovled in shallow water jack up work in Brazil. Let's hope there's more work for Jack ups down there, as it'll increase demand for staff.
Finally, Richard Branson appears to have jumped on the Peak Oil bandwagon, but let's be honest, this article is in the Mirror..
Jobs wise, a lot of Marine requirements at the moment.
- HSE co-ordinator and Chief Engineer for accommodation Barge in West Africa
- SDPO and Barge Master for Construction/pipelay Barge in SE Asia (DP2)
- Master Mariner for OSV in North Sea
- 2nd Engineer for PSV in North Sea
Cheers, will try to post a bit earlier next week, if we aren't at war with Argentina of course.
The Falklands are the big story at the moment. The UK plans to start drilling there in February, and the Argentinians are less than happy, claiming soveriegnty over the area. With all of our eggs in the Iraq and Afghanistan baskets, I don't know how sensible an idea this is to be poking this particular animal, but what do I know. Lots of links on this here and here and an FT article is here (remember you only get one of these a day!)
Also, the Latest development which I got as I was writing this, the Argentines have blocked a vessel with some supplies, so I think they might do something similar when the rig goes there.
This is quite interesting too, although it's just a short term contract, it looks like American companies are invovled in shallow water jack up work in Brazil. Let's hope there's more work for Jack ups down there, as it'll increase demand for staff.
Finally, Richard Branson appears to have jumped on the Peak Oil bandwagon, but let's be honest, this article is in the Mirror..
Jobs wise, a lot of Marine requirements at the moment.
- HSE co-ordinator and Chief Engineer for accommodation Barge in West Africa
- SDPO and Barge Master for Construction/pipelay Barge in SE Asia (DP2)
- Master Mariner for OSV in North Sea
- 2nd Engineer for PSV in North Sea
Cheers, will try to post a bit earlier next week, if we aren't at war with Argentina of course.
Monday 1 February 2010
Time flies
Back around to Monday again already.
Slightly oil related conspiracy theory of the year here. I'm sure this happened in a James Bond film...
In more relevant news, Ensco have been profiled in this article, highlighting the problems that they are going to face with these shiny new rigs of theirs. There's a few deepwater rigs already out of contract, but hopefully they'll be able to pick up some work with a decent operator so they can recoup some of their costs - my money is on Petrobras....
True to form, the UK government have decided way too late to give tax breaks for oil exploration in the North Sea. In my humble opinion (from my exalted standpoint of knowing next to nothing about anything) this is FAR too late. If they had dones something a year ago, perhaps the problems in the North Sea would have been a lot less serious. Anyway, the article is here.
Songa are up, Hercules are down. Showing once again that companies that deal with me for their recruitment can only do well out of it.
OK, it might also have something to do with Songa being a small deepwater driller, and Hercules being a much larger driller, having Jack ups and Barges, which are not popular options at the moment.
Jobs wise, pretty much covered for candidates at the moment, but I wanted to post a bit of advice when it comes to writing CVs/resumes for oil and gas:
- Always write a CV in reverse chronological order, most recent position first.
- A contentious point this one, but I find it is better to avoid the first person "I worked on x,y,z", keep it in the third person, or non-specific, and watch your tenses.
- Clients these days look for specifics. They want to know if you have worked on a Semi, a drillship, or a Jack up. They want to know the name of the Unit, whether it is Cyberbase, DP, and what types of systems you worked with. They want to know how long you were there for, and in what role.
- Don't put all your history and equipment at the start and then have a few dates and with what company, a CV should read almost like a history of what you did where.
- Don't repeat big chunks of information, and don't write "same as previous role" in a job description. Look for things that stand out about any position - challenges, equipment, location etc.
- Make it readable. The best format is as follows:
Personal details
Certificates/Education
Job history
dates Job title
company
job description....
repeat etc.
Hope this helps, preaching over.
Slightly oil related conspiracy theory of the year here. I'm sure this happened in a James Bond film...
In more relevant news, Ensco have been profiled in this article, highlighting the problems that they are going to face with these shiny new rigs of theirs. There's a few deepwater rigs already out of contract, but hopefully they'll be able to pick up some work with a decent operator so they can recoup some of their costs - my money is on Petrobras....
True to form, the UK government have decided way too late to give tax breaks for oil exploration in the North Sea. In my humble opinion (from my exalted standpoint of knowing next to nothing about anything) this is FAR too late. If they had dones something a year ago, perhaps the problems in the North Sea would have been a lot less serious. Anyway, the article is here.
Songa are up, Hercules are down. Showing once again that companies that deal with me for their recruitment can only do well out of it.
OK, it might also have something to do with Songa being a small deepwater driller, and Hercules being a much larger driller, having Jack ups and Barges, which are not popular options at the moment.
Jobs wise, pretty much covered for candidates at the moment, but I wanted to post a bit of advice when it comes to writing CVs/resumes for oil and gas:
- Always write a CV in reverse chronological order, most recent position first.
- A contentious point this one, but I find it is better to avoid the first person "I worked on x,y,z", keep it in the third person, or non-specific, and watch your tenses.
- Clients these days look for specifics. They want to know if you have worked on a Semi, a drillship, or a Jack up. They want to know the name of the Unit, whether it is Cyberbase, DP, and what types of systems you worked with. They want to know how long you were there for, and in what role.
- Don't put all your history and equipment at the start and then have a few dates and with what company, a CV should read almost like a history of what you did where.
- Don't repeat big chunks of information, and don't write "same as previous role" in a job description. Look for things that stand out about any position - challenges, equipment, location etc.
- Make it readable. The best format is as follows:
Personal details
Certificates/Education
Job history
dates Job title
company
job description....
repeat etc.
Hope this helps, preaching over.
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