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bhikkhu

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5. The oil industry labor shortage is years old now

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 12:59 AM

Jan 2012

...and in spite of repug talking points about "idle leases" and government regulation and obstruction, oil-drilling in the US is on a big upswing. You can look at that as good or bad - we are importing less than 50% of what we use now, we are a net exporter of finished products (first time in decades), and pretty much every oil-rig in the country is in use, as much as there is labor to run them.

Again, good or bad depending on perspective, but the RW baloney is so far from the truth its worth pointing out, going into an election year.

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Labor shortage continues to plague expanding oil and gas industry [View all] The Straight Story Jan 2012 OP

A shortage, you say? Check the wages of those who are employed in the field Zalatix Jan 2012 #1

Wages are going down - they are laying off Union Employees and hiring nonunion contractors FreakinDJ Jan 2012 #3

Then that ain't a shortage of labor. Zalatix Jan 2012 #4

"workers� earnings in mining, oil and gas exploration grew briskly in 2011" bhikkhu Jan 2012 #6

probably because they were looking at the wrong chart FreakinDJ Jan 2012 #7

No question that construction is down... bhikkhu Jan 2012 #9

Actually I did not know either way, I asked a genuine question Zalatix Jan 2012 #8

We are freakin busy right now I can't even see straight. Arctic Dave Jan 2012 #2

The oil industry labor shortage is years old now bhikkhu Jan 2012 #5