THE SKILLS SHORTAGE IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY—HARD FACTS AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

2006 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Petra Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Skills Shortage ◽  
Innovative Solutions

From wells to decisions—data management for coal seam gas operators in Australia as compared to conventional oil and gas operators

2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 716
Author(s):  
Peter Smith ◽  
Iain Paton
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Conventional Oil

The large number of wells associated with typical coal seam gas (CSG) developments in Australia has changed the paradigm for field management and optimisation. Real time data access, automation and optimisation—which have been previously considered luxuries in conventional resources—are key to the development and operation of fields, which can easily reach more than 1,000 wells. The particular issue in Australia of the shortage of skilled labour and operators has increased pressure to automate field operations. This extended abstract outlines established best practices for gathering the numerous data types associated with wells and surface equipment, and converting that data into information that can inform the decision processes of engineers and managers alike. There will be analysis made of the existing standard, tools, software and data management systems from the conventional oil and gas industry, as well as how some of these can be ported to the CSG fields. The need to define industry standards that are similar to those developed over many years in the conventional oil and gas industry will be discussed. Case studies from Australia and wider international CSG operations will highlight the innovative solutions that can be realised through an integrated project from downhole to office, and how commercial off the shelf solutions have advantages over customised one-off systems. Furthermore, case studies will be presented from both CSG and conventional fields on how these enabling technologies translate into increased production, efficiencies and lift optimisation and move towards the goal of allowing engineers to make informed decisions as quickly as possible. Unique aspects of CSG operations, which require similarly unique and innovative solutions, will be highlighted in contrast to conventional oil and gas.

Labour and productivity: exploring alternative solutions

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 651
Author(s):  
Allan Drake-Brockman ◽  
Daniel White
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Federal Budget ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Union Power ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Wage Rates ◽  
Skills Shortage ◽  
Increase In Productivity ◽  
Skills Shortages ◽  
Alternative Solutions

A serious skills shortage and increasing wage rates with no apparent increase in productivity is facing Australia’s oil and gas industry. The measures announced in the 2011–12 Federal Budget on 10 May do not appear to address the skills shortage crisis and may affect the viability of some projects.This extended abstract proposes some solutions to alleviate the existing skills shortages facing offshore resource projects. It also discusses some of the structural inefficiencies in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) that is contributing to these issues.Under the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme, the Federal Budget included an increase of skilled migration from 10,000–16,000 places in 2011–12. This is in contrast to the calls from Western Australia’s resources industry suggesting about 33,000 workers will be needed by the end of this year. The major changes to Australian labour laws brought by the FW Act is said to have resulted in uncertainty about some projects.Evidence of the shift to a collective (enterprise) bargaining framework based on delivering productivity increases is not yet available. An enhanced role for union officials seems to have resulted in an increase in union power and union influence in enterprise bargaining. This may be a reason for wage blow-outs in the oil and gas industry.

Exploiting the industry skills shortage as a competitive advantage

2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 715
Author(s):  
Piers Tonge
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Business Consulting ◽  
Skills Shortage ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Disproportionate Number

Developing skilled petro-technical professionals (PTPs) has the greatest lead-time of any activity that oil and gas companies undertake today. Australia could double its gas production by 2020, which would create 50,000 new jobs. This will intensify competition for skilled petrotechnical professionals, and may drive up people costs. The market for PTPs in Australia is tight today, with active competition for technical talent between the oil and gas industry and other extractive industries. Conventional and unconventional oil and gas projects on Australia’s west and east coasts are already chasing the same, limited, talent pool. Competition for experienced PTPs will be intensified by the impending crew change, with a disproportionate number of experienced PTPs due to retire from Australia’s oil and gas industry over the next decade. Schlumberger Business Consulting has been benchmarking the people situation in the global oil and gas industry for the past six years, and working with exploration and production companies to address it. This paper will present our analysis of the global, and Australian, situation, with quantification of the skill balance through our demand and supply model. It will also highlight specific technical skills that will be in short supply, implications of the skills shortage, as well as potential mitigations to create competitive advantage.

Deployment of Digital NDT Solutions in the Oil and Gas Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 (7) ◽  
pp. 861-868
Author(s):  
Casper Wassink ◽  
Marc Grenier ◽  
Oliver Roy ◽  
Neil Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry

What Does Rent Give to Federal Budget (on the Russia's Budget Dependence upon "Oil Dollars")

2004 ◽  
pp. 51-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Sharipova ◽  
I. Tcherkashin
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Strong Dependence ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Federal Budget ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Resource Rent ◽  
Tax Legislation ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
The Government

Federal tax revenues from the main sectors of the Russian economy after the 1998 crisis are examined in the article. Authors present the structure of revenues from these sectors by main taxes for 1999-2003 and prospects for 2004. Emphasis is given to an increasing dependence of budget on revenues from oil and gas industries. The share of proceeds from these sectors has reached 1/3 of total federal revenues. To explain this fact world oil prices dynamics and changes in tax legislation in Russia are considered. Empirical results show strong dependence of budget revenues on oil prices. The analysis of changes in tax legislation in oil and gas industry shows that the government has managed to redistribute resource rent in favor of the state.

The Political Economy of Power: Approaches to the Analysis of Relationships between the State and Business in Russia

2011 ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
A. Oleinik
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Retail Trade ◽  
Business Community ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Power ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The Road ◽  
Ruling Elites

The article deals with the issues of political and economic power as well as their constellation on the market. The theory of public choice and the theory of public contract are confronted with an approach centered on the power triad. If structured in the power triad, interactions among states representatives, businesses with structural advantages and businesses without structural advantages allow capturing administrative rents. The political power of the ruling elites coexists with economic power of certain members of the business community. The situation in the oil and gas industry, the retail trade and the road construction and operation industry in Russia illustrates key moments in the proposed analysis.

Consideration of Geopolitical Challenges within the Analysis of Geoenvironmental Risks for Oil and Gas Development of the Russian Arctic

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 50-59
Author(s):  
O. P. Trubitsina ◽  
V. N. Bashkin
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Optimal Operation ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Geopolitical Risks

The article is devoted to the consideration of geopolitical challenges for the analysis of geoenvironmental risks (GERs) in the hydrocarbon development of the Arctic territory. Geopolitical risks (GPRs), like GERs, can be transformed into opposite external environment factors of oil and gas industry facilities in the form of additional opportunities or threats, which the authors identify in detail for each type of risk. This is necessary for further development of methodological base of expert methods for GER management in the context of the implementational proposed two-stage model of the GER analysis taking to account GPR for the improvement of effectiveness making decisions to ensure optimal operation of the facility oil and gas industry and minimize the impact on the environment in the geopolitical conditions of the Arctic.The authors declare no conflict of interest

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