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Dan Jackson: 7 Oil & Gas Jobs That Will Exist in the Future
Over the coming decades, all industries will be transformed by converging technological trends that dramatically alter how companies do business. This will undoubtedly lead to many current jobs becoming obsolete. However, technological change will also create countless new roles that companies will need to fill.
We’re future-gazing and fast-forwarding to 2040, where we’re looking at the most in-demand jobs in the offshore oil and gas industry.
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Dan Jackson: Why Is the Offshore Industry Happy to Accept Mediocrity?
Market changes are forcing the offshore industry to become smarter, leaner and more modern — and that’s a good thing.
Offshore oil and gas is one is one of the world’s most important industries. Its success powered much of the global development that took place in the latter 20th century, and the industry remains a key provider of energy to the world.
Dan Jackson: How a Random Encounter Transformed Two Industries
Pumps & Pipes shows how collaboration across different industries can lead to unexpected solutions.
On a flight out of Houston eight years ago, cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Alan Lumsden and fellow passenger Zeljko Runje, a drilling engineer with ExxonMobil’s Sakhalin 1 Project in Russia, began speaking about their respective professions. The pair realised that, whether drilling for oil or performing heart surgery, it was all a matter of pumps and pipes.
Dan Jackson: Why the Oil Price Decline is the Best Thing to Happen to the Offshore Industry in Years
Plunging prices will force the offshore industry to make the most out of limited resources.
The offshore industry has been under a black cloud since the end of 2014, with the oil price crash bringing a seemingly interminable period of doom and gloom. No one can blame operators for the resulting project cancellations and exorbitant cost-cutting measures undertaken in recent months.