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Offshore Oil Jobs – Do You Have Enough Guts For a Job on an Offshore Oil Platform?

The recent BP/TransOcean/Halliburton Deepwater Horizon explosion has caused quite a fracas. Because of the resulting White House moratorium on deep water drilling, its impact on offshore oil jobs has received a lot of press. In reality, its negative effect is not likely to last very long.

Why not? Because summer is here, and Americans need oil to make the electricity that powers their air-conditioners. In other words, the current loss of offshore oil rig jobs is just a temporary blip. Drilling in the Gulf will continue (almost) as usual once the 6-month ban imposed by the White House ends. The Deepwater Horizon will be replaced, one way or another. Hiring for oil gas jobs will resume as usual.

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