Got this email from Oil Offshore Marine re: recruitment scams. Probably worth a look if you are unsure what to look out for.
1. Job Scams: What is a job scam? How do the scammers act? How to protect yourself? and more... http://www.oil-offshore-marine.com/bewarejobscams.php
2. How to Use a Big Name for Illegal Gains: Shell Nigeria Fake Website http://www.oil-offshore-marine.com/how-to-use-a-big-name-for-illegal-gains-shell-nigeria-fake-website.php
3. AkerKvaerner Fraud Attack http://www.oil-offshore-marine.com/aker-kvaerner-fraud-attack.php
4. Statoil ASA "Joins" the Scams "League" http://www.oil-offshore-marine.com/statoil-asa-joins-the-scams-league.php
5. One Company - Several Websites? http://www.oil-offshore-marine.com/one-company-several-websites.php
6. Does ExxonMobil Have a New Website? http://www.oil-offshore-marine.com/does-exxonmobil-have-a-new-website.php
7. And, of course, the famous Scam Black List from http://www.oil-offshore-marine.com/bewarejobscams.php#7
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Monday 22 March 2010
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Happy St. Patrick's day
Too busy at the moment, lots of stuff happening, which I can only view as an encouraging sign.
Quite a few new contracts and oil fields going out to tender, so let's hope we can get everone back to work, and make everyone's life that bit easier.
Dolphin have won 2 new contracts for their rigs, which is good news, the Bredford and the Bideford. And Seadrll have a contract for the West Epsilon. It might be old news, but Rowan also have picked up the odd bit of work on their monstrous Jack up Rigs.
There's still some debate goping on about the Falklands, but I won't repeat myself here, and there's also the ongoing hat about developing US offshore drilling, but again, it would take me forever to link to it all. Safe to say, there's a lot of Chat, and not much action.
Finally, the BBC have a report about how expensive petrol is in the UK (that's Gas to our American cousins). It is getting very expensive to go for a spin these days. No link, but you can expect this to become a major issue again once the election nonsense is over.
Jobs wise, most of mine are covered at the moment, but if you know any good Cyberbase Drillers with Deepwater experience, please pass my details on.
Quite a few new contracts and oil fields going out to tender, so let's hope we can get everone back to work, and make everyone's life that bit easier.
Dolphin have won 2 new contracts for their rigs, which is good news, the Bredford and the Bideford. And Seadrll have a contract for the West Epsilon. It might be old news, but Rowan also have picked up the odd bit of work on their monstrous Jack up Rigs.
There's still some debate goping on about the Falklands, but I won't repeat myself here, and there's also the ongoing hat about developing US offshore drilling, but again, it would take me forever to link to it all. Safe to say, there's a lot of Chat, and not much action.
Finally, the BBC have a report about how expensive petrol is in the UK (that's Gas to our American cousins). It is getting very expensive to go for a spin these days. No link, but you can expect this to become a major issue again once the election nonsense is over.
Jobs wise, most of mine are covered at the moment, but if you know any good Cyberbase Drillers with Deepwater experience, please pass my details on.
Tuesday 2 March 2010
Usual Mix
It's been some few weeks, but at least the weather is turning back into spring.
There's been a fair bit happening, and as usual here's the highlights as scientifically chosen by me based on what I think is interesting:
Transocean's profits have gone down a bit, link here and there's also a reasonable overview of the market in the article. This article also highlights how demand on deepwater rigs is going to increase costs and put pressure on the market. This in turn will put pressure on the labour market, so if you want my opinion (unqualified though it may be), deepwater is definitely where you want to be getting your skills if you want to remain at the top of the job pile.
A few contractors flirting with Aramco to get their rigs in use, no bad thing, although I have heard that they can be quite a demanding client, plus visas for Saudi are something of a nightmare.
Songa haven't been impressing anyone recently with their stance stopping people getting off their rig in Singapore. I see it's over now, but I haven't heard of this happening before. Don't really know all the details, but there does seem to be a fair bit of union activity down in the antipodes at the moment.
More Falklands news, they're already looking for another rig down there.
And finally, some encouragement from the folks at Rigzone.
Jobs wise:
AD for Cyberbase Semi in North Sea.
Driller and Chief Engineer for 70 days in North Sea. Semi Experience.
Barge Master for DP2 Barge in UAE
Mooring Master for non-propelled, moored barge in UAE
Maintenance Super for FPSO in SE Asia
Chief Electrician and Chief Mechanic for Jack ups in India
As usual, please email me and tell your friends...
There's been a fair bit happening, and as usual here's the highlights as scientifically chosen by me based on what I think is interesting:
Transocean's profits have gone down a bit, link here and there's also a reasonable overview of the market in the article. This article also highlights how demand on deepwater rigs is going to increase costs and put pressure on the market. This in turn will put pressure on the labour market, so if you want my opinion (unqualified though it may be), deepwater is definitely where you want to be getting your skills if you want to remain at the top of the job pile.
A few contractors flirting with Aramco to get their rigs in use, no bad thing, although I have heard that they can be quite a demanding client, plus visas for Saudi are something of a nightmare.
Songa haven't been impressing anyone recently with their stance stopping people getting off their rig in Singapore. I see it's over now, but I haven't heard of this happening before. Don't really know all the details, but there does seem to be a fair bit of union activity down in the antipodes at the moment.
More Falklands news, they're already looking for another rig down there.
And finally, some encouragement from the folks at Rigzone.
Jobs wise:
AD for Cyberbase Semi in North Sea.
Driller and Chief Engineer for 70 days in North Sea. Semi Experience.
Barge Master for DP2 Barge in UAE
Mooring Master for non-propelled, moored barge in UAE
Maintenance Super for FPSO in SE Asia
Chief Electrician and Chief Mechanic for Jack ups in India
As usual, please email me and tell your friends...
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