National Average Price of Gasoline Hits an All-Time High

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MurphyVol said:
North American oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom

Looks like I way undershot it, 100k.less workers not 30k less
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I wonder why they cannot find employees:
...average hourly wages in the U.S. oil and gas extraction industry are still below pre-pandemic levels, currently estimated at $45.45 an hour for February 2022, versus $48.37 an hour in February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

How much would it take per hour for anyone here to roughneck in West Texas in the summer? I'm old, soft, and make really good money from home. I wouldn't do it for less than $200 per hour.
 
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Sandman 423 said:
I would have made sure that as the economy re-opened that the refineries came back on line.

I don't think it is to late to still do this.
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How does a politician conjure up employees for private businesses, fix a backlog of maintenance and repair supply issues?
 
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McDad said:
I wonder why they cannot find employees:
...average hourly wages in the U.S. oil and gas extraction industry are still below pre-pandemic levels, currently estimated at $45.45 an hour for February 2022, versus $48.37 an hour in February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

How much would it take per hour for anyone here to roughneck in West Texas in the summer? I'm old, soft, and make really good money from home. I wouldn't do it for less than $200 per hour.
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Labor shortage remains a major challenge for oil and gas: Spring 2022 outlook.

"Driving factors
A few main factors are driving the current labor shortage in oil and gas. First, the entire economy is in a seller’s labor market. Unemployment dropped to 3.9% in December in the United States and 6% in Canada, nearing full employment, with job vacancies and the rate of quits climbing by the day. This means workers get their pick. Those who have been contemplating a career move have ample incentive to jump ship—and plenty of those who have tried have found success.

Second, workers are no longer motivated solely by high wages. This is in part a result of the pandemic, which made people readdress their priorities. Some might have realized they find greater value in their family time, health, and overall quality of life, all of which are hard to come by when working long hours in the field for weeks, far away from family.

Third, despite generous compensation, job security is low in the oil and gas industry. Two collapses occurred in the past decade alone, in 2014 and 2020, each with mass layoffs. The threat or reality of getting laid off and having to look for a new job every few years negatively affects quality of life and pushes workers to look elsewhere.

Fourth, mainstream perceptions of the oil and gas industry—and fossil fuel more generally—have shifted over the past decade as awareness of human-caused climate change has grown. To millennials and Gen Z, a career in oil and gas might not look as attractive as one at Tesla or in the growing renewable energy industry."
 
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Septic said:
Maybe but I don't think the guys working in this field were the cupcakes that worried too much about what Joe was selling. By then (and now) people have figured out that the danger was oversold.
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His messaging is awful and his plans (or lack thereof) are worse. I may have that backwards. It is hard to tell with him.

He has contributed to this cluster in spades.
 
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McDad said:
I wonder why they cannot find employees:
...average hourly wages in the U.S. oil and gas extraction industry are still below pre-pandemic levels, currently estimated at $45.45 an hour for February 2022, versus $48.37 an hour in February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

How much would it take per hour for anyone here to roughneck in West Texas in the summer? I'm old, soft, and make really good money from home. I wouldn't do it for less than $200 per hour.
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There's a major burnout factor even with some of the really highly paid guys.

I have a client that is a rig electrician and apparently his skill set is very rare. Last time we talked he was making about 300k/yr if memory serves.

Sounds great but his marriage failed, he's gone 6-9 months or more at a time. Last time I saw him he'd just come off a job in Africa and was heading to the Artic circle.

He said he had to go through 3 days of POLAR BEAR AWARENESS TRAINING and then he'd be on the job. Also, they wear goggles so their eyeballs don't freeze.

He said this may be his last trip before he hangs it up. He was early 50s.
 
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MurphyVol said:
There's a major burnout factor even with some of the really highly paid guys.

I have a client that is a rig electrician and apparently his skill set is very rare. Last time we talked he was making about 300k/yr if memory serves.

Sounds great but his marriage failed, he's gone 6-9 months or more at a time. Last time I saw him he'd just come off a job in Africa and was heading to the Artic circle.

He said he had to go through 3 days of POLAR BEAR AWARENESS TRAINING and then he'd be on the job. Also, they wear goggles so their eyeballs don't freeze.

He said this may be his last trip before he hangs it up. He was early 50s.
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Was his wife hot though?
 
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MurphyVol said:
There's a major burnout factor even with some of the really highly paid guys.

I have a client that is a rig electrician and apparently his skill set is very rare. Last time we talked he was making about 300k/yr if memory serves.

Sounds great but his marriage failed, he's gone 6-9 months or more at a time. Last time I saw him he'd just come off a job in Africa and was heading to the Artic circle.

He said he had to go through 3 days of POLAR BEAR AWARENESS TRAINING and then he'd be on the job. Also, they wear goggles so their eyeballs don't freeze.

He said this may be his last trip before he hangs it up. He was early 50s.
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Guy that lives down the road from me, back of our properties butt up to each other works on the north slope. He's an engineer, works 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off makes a freeking killing.
 
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Septic said:
How does a politician conjure up employees for private businesses, fix a backlog of maintenance and repair supply issues?
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How do they ever?
I would meet with them and find how how much they wanted to make it happen. I’d counter with less and the guarantee that my administration would be more receptive to them.
 
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Sandman 423 said:
How do they ever?
I would meet with them and find how how much they wanted to make it happen. I’d counter with less and the guarantee that my administration would be more receptive to them.
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You'd meet with who? And offer what?
 
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Septic said:
How does a politician conjure up employees for private businesses, fix a backlog of maintenance and repair supply issues?
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On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the easiest and 10 being the most difficult. Where would you rate the position private companies are in with regards to the exploring, developing, extracting, processing, and distribution of fossil fuels as it relates to meeting federal requirements?
 
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MurphyVol said:
There's a major burnout factor even with some of the really highly paid guys.

I have a client that is a rig electrician and apparently his skill set is very rare. Last time we talked he was making about 300k/yr if memory serves.

Sounds great but his marriage failed, he's gone 6-9 months or more at a time. Last time I saw him he'd just come off a job in Africa and was heading to the Artic circle.

He said he had to go through 3 days of POLAR BEAR AWARENESS TRAINING and then he'd be on the job. Also, they wear goggles so their eyeballs don't freeze.

He said this may be his last trip before he hangs it up. He was early 50s.
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Probably will get cleaned out by the next ex-hot one and never retire.
 
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Labor shortage remains a major challenge for oil and gas: Spring 2022 outlook.

"Driving factors
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Fourth, mainstream perceptions of the oil and gas industry—and fossil fuel more generally—have shifted over the past decade as awareness of human-caused climate change has grown. To millennials and Gen Z, a career in oil and gas might not look as attractive as one at Tesla or in the growing renewable energy industry."
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Read that last paragraph out loud to yourself and process just how f’kn stupid these “reasons” really are.

“Man I don’t want to be a rough neck that just propagates the raping of the environment! I’m gonna go work at Tesla! Let’s see what rough neck skills cross over to $45 an hour jobs at Tesla…”

LMAO! 😂
 
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McDad said:
I wonder why they cannot find employees:
...average hourly wages in the U.S. oil and gas extraction industry are still below pre-pandemic levels, currently estimated at $45.45 an hour for February 2022, versus $48.37 an hour in February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

How much would it take per hour for anyone here to roughneck in West Texas in the summer? I'm old, soft, and make really good money from home. I wouldn't do it for less than $200 per hour.
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$200 an hour to work on an oil rig in Texas , in the Summer ? I’m going to roll with Clint on this one ..” Dying ain’t much of a livin boy “. Half a life ago yes , now .. 😂
 
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This attempted narrative of “not his fault”. Well who gives a shtt?

Who the F was ever hired for an important job and told, “now just fix the problems you create”.
 
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0nelilreb said:
$200 an hour to work on an oil rig in Texas , in the Summer ? I’m going to roll with Clint on this one ..” Dying ain’t much of a livin boy “. Half a life ago yes , now .. 😂
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Kids should be flocking for these jobs rather than perusing some debt ridden stupid degree. When living in Houston, young ones had money to burn.
I tell you what I am burned out on my job and end of next year I am done with it. The problem is experienced ones have to pull the slack for all the newbies, making our jobs extremely difficult. and stressful. Well...at least for me.

Not so sure this Pandemic hasn't destroyed "work ethic" for half America.
 
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0nelilreb said:
$200 an hour to work on an oil rig in Texas , in the Summer ? I’m going to roll with Clint on this one ..” Dying ain’t much of a livin boy “. Half a life ago yes , now .. 😂
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OK.... which would you rather do... rough neckin' on an oil rig, or working one of those crab boats in Alaska?
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
Read that last paragraph out loud to yourself and process just how f’kn stupid these “reasons” really are.

“Man I don’t want to be a rough neck that just propagates the raping of the environment! I’m gonna go work at Tesla! Let’s see what rough neck skills cross over to $45 an hour jobs at Tesla…”

LMAO! 😂
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All a plan as then they get to go work at the landfills with all the toxic chemicals. Dream come true for an Environmentalist
 
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McDad said:
I wonder why they cannot find employees:
...average hourly wages in the U.S. oil and gas extraction industry are still below pre-pandemic levels, currently estimated at $45.45 an hour for February 2022, versus $48.37 an hour in February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

How much would it take per hour for anyone here to roughneck in West Texas in the summer? I'm old, soft, and make really good money from home. I wouldn't do it for less than $200 per hour.
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Most people in the US would work for 100k a year which is essentially what that comes out to be with no overtime, much higher with overtime
 
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