| Offshore roustabout jobs are the bailout plan for | | | | With higher oil prices comes more offshore drilling, |
| the rest of us. We have all heard the news of the | | | | more exploration, and more high paying jobs. And |
| fat cat bankers on Wall Street getting bailed out | | | | not just for Petroleum Engineers and other |
| with taxpayer money, then awarding themselves | | | | professionals. Offshore platforms are like cities in |
| billions in bonuses at our expense, effectively | | | | the sea. They take welders to build them, |
| rewarding themselves for blowing up the | | | | mechanics to operate them, drillers to drill for the |
| economy and throwing millions out of work. But | | | | oil, and entry level workers like offshore |
| where is the bailout for Main Street? For the 15 | | | | roustabouts to perform the hard work and tasks |
| million people out of work right now, the campaign | | | | that help make it all come together. |
| promises of our President ring hollow. Let's face it | | | | Half (yes, half) of America's energy sector |
| - there is no bailout coming for the rest of us. We | | | | employees are retiring in the next 10 years. A |
| are on our own. | | | | huge wave of job openings is shaping up in the oil |
| Thankfully, most of us don't need billion dollar | | | | sector, and no where is that more apparent than |
| handouts to get on in life. But for those of us | | | | in the offshore oil drilling industry. For this reason, |
| between jobs or careers, a little direction and | | | | thousands upon thousands of new roustabouts will |
| education about opportunities still available can be | | | | be required to man the new rigs coming online |
| a real help. You may have noticed that prices are | | | | and being built. The big drilling companies are |
| still going up at the pump; there is a reason for | | | | already hiring, and that hiring is just going to |
| this. You see, there is only so much oil in the | | | | continue rising, as China's insatiable hunger for oil |
| world, and China continues to grow and use more | | | | continues to drive the oil markets higher, with no |
| and more of the stuff every year. In fact, by the | | | | real end in sight. |
| end of this year the world's largest energy user | | | | There isn't just one ladder to climb from being a |
| will no longer be the United States - it will, in fact, | | | | roustabout; there are many. You could go on to |
| be China. | | | | become a driller, a crane operator, a welder, even |
| So it really doesn't matter how slow our | | | | a maintenance supervisor. If you make a career |
| economy is. With the growing thirst for petroleum | | | | out of it, with additional training and education, |
| by the world's next superpower, oil and gas prices | | | | there is really no limits except the ones you place |
| are only going in one direction - up. But for those | | | | on yourself - many have gotten their start at the |
| wondering where there next job or career is | | | | bottom and ended up running an entire drilling |
| going to come from, this is actually good news; in | | | | operation, and you can too. |
| fact, it is fantastic news. | | | | |