Friday, November 16, 2012

Canada Targets Unemployed US Oil Workers

Canada is predicting a doubling of oil production by the end of this decade. This means it will have to secure its workforce to the tune of tens of thousands of new laborers. So if you want a job in the energy sector, try your northern neighbor. 
Since 2010 alone, Canadian officials say that some 35,000 US laborers have obtained permits to work in Canada, and there are plans in the works to make permits even easier to obtain. In the meantime, Canadian head hunters are stepping up their efforts at recruitment—taking advantage of the number of jobless in the US.
Oh, and these jobs tend to come along with an attractive salary, free healthcare, stability and bonuses.
Canada’s western province of Alberta is a good place to start. Here we have vast deposits of oil sands and experts predict the labor pool will be short nearly 115,000 workers by 2021.
The city of Edmonton—population 812,00--is apparently another growing hotspot for US oil workers. Here, there is a lot of work to be done to mine and extract these heavy, viscous oil sands. Companies leading the recruitment effort include Shell Canada Ltd., Chevron Canada Ltd. and Suncor Energy. The unemployment rate in Edmonton is a low 4.5%, and jobs in the energy sector are easy to come by. Plus, the oil sands boom is creating jobs in other sectors, from construction and manufacturing, to retail and the services industry.
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) forecasts that Canadian crude oil output will increase from 3 million bpd in 2011 to 6.2 million bpd by 2030, largely due to oil sands production, which itself is expected to triple to 5 million bpd in this same period.

Read more: http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Canada-Targets-Unemployed-US-Oil-Workers.html

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