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7/29/2019 Offshore production workforce needs | Houston Chronicle | Dec. 9, 2012 | 1 of 2
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HoustonChronicle | houstonchronicle.com and chron.com | Sunday, December9,2012 | Section D
FredCeasarwas a barber inAlexandria,La.,before heapplied withEnsco.He was hired as a roustabout in 2006 andthreeyearslaterwaspromoted to assistantcrane operator. Henowearns twice asmuch as he did as a barber.
Ensco
How hot is oshoredrilling?So hot that its
hard to findenoughroust-abouts, mechanics and experi-encedmanagersto sta alltherigsunder construction.Sohot thatEnsco,with six
new rigsset to debutover thenext two years,will need1,000more people, saidKurt Basler,
the companys manager of stra-tegic stang inHouston.Sohot thatsome20,000 to
25,000oshore workerswill be
neededindustrywideover thenext two to three years,Baslersaid.Theshortagesare acute ev-
erywhere, saidSteve Colville,presidentand CEOof theInter-nationalAssociation of DrillingContractors in Houston.
Thesearch forworkerswiththe right skillswho wouldbethe rightfit hassent companieslike Ensco looking outsidetra-
ditional oil andgas businesses.Not everyone is enthusiasticaboutworking 12 hours a dayfor upto 28days straighton adrilling righalf a world away.Butwith the right training,
even a small-town barber canmake a lot ofmoneyon a rig.
Thelast five years haveseenan explosion in thenumberofcountries seeking to exploittheirenergyresources,Colville
said. That, in turn, is causing asurge in drilling activity.Add to that the eect ofan
agingworkforcethat is begin-ning to retirein bignumbers,he said.Many workers puto retirement duringthe last
Searching the seven seas
RECRUITING
ByL.M. Sixel
Recruiters continueson D6
There nevermayhavebeena more
prominent cheerleaderforwintergloomthan thenatural gas industry of2012.Nothing would make
ithappier, it seems,thandark cloudsand anArctic
chill to keepAmericansindoors.Thats because a warm
winter fora secondstraight year couldbecatastrophic, cuttingdemand for naturalgas-consumingheatandelectricity andpresent-ing serious challenges forsomeenergycompanies.
But anotherwarmwin-ter may be onthe horizon,according to governmentprojections.Andthatwouldbe
negative for gas produc-ers, said James Sullivan,an analyst forAlembicGlobalAdvisors.Someof thosewith
Prospect of awarmwinterbrings chills togas producers
CLIMATE
ByZain Shauk
If you thinkWestheim-eris a shoppingmecca
now, just wait.More retailis onitsway.Atleastthree newreal estate
projects areplanned or underway along a short stretch of
the citys longeststreet. Others arecloseby.Last week,a
national devel-oper announcedplans to restart a$450millionproject it shelved
duringthe recession.RiverOaks Districtwill break groundnext yearat 4444Westheimer,just inside the 610 Loop.
Amajor component of the
15-acre development is 270,000square feet worth of retail.Thats asmany as 80 stores,says the developer, SanDiego-based OliverMcMillan,whichplans to break groundnextyear.Westheimer is the address
inHouston, particularly for
Overthe topwithplacesto shop
REAL ESTATE
NANCY
SARNOFF
OnDec.5,2009,it wasa frostydayin Houstonfor joggersalongBuf-faloBayou.Theremight
notbe manychilly timesthisyearor in2013 for theU.S., whichcould hurtthe naturalgas industry.
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HoustonChronicle
Projects continueson D2
Low gas continues on D4
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LOREN
STEFFYCommentary
Dont feel sorry forthem.
Thats themost commonre-sponse I get whenI write aboutvictims of investment fraud,whether its thosewholostmoney inR.Allen StanfordsPonzi schemeor some otherscam.
Fewcrimesseem
to invoke less sympathy
forvictims.The reaction tomyrecent column about investorssuing the law firms theyclaimhelpedenable Stanfords$7.2 billion swindle wasno dif-ferent. I heard, once again,howtheinvestorswere being greedyor stupid.They gotwhat theydeserved.Its not aboutbeinggreedy,
anditsnot about being stupid,
Texas State SecuritiesCom-missioner JohnMorgan toldme.Its a lotmore complicatedthan that.Morgan shouldknow. Before
becoming commissioner,hespent more thana decadeinthe enforcementdivision.Hesprobably interviewedmore conmenthan anyone in the state.
These people arecharis-
matic, he said. Itsoundsveryplausible, what theyre saying.Consider Stanford. Sure,
heran anoshore bankthatpromised above-average re-turns,whichshould havebeena redflag. Yet he told investorstheircertificatesof deposit wereinsured. He sold the fake CDsthrough a registeredbrokerage,
Think you cant be scammed? Dont be so sure
Stefy continueson D2
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