Texas hydro-fracturing job openings decreased from July to August

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The number of job openings in Texas for “petroleum engineers” and “geological and petroleum technicians” decreased from 782 in July 2014 to 648 in August 2014, while the searcher-to-job opening ratio increased from 1.1 to 1.3 in the same span.

petro_engineer_2014_08The number of job openings in Texas for “derrick operators” and “roustabouts” decreased from 368 in July 2014 to 282 in August 2014, while the searcher-to-job opening ratio increased from 1.7 to 2.6 in the same span.

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Source: BLS

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Texas hydro-fracturing job openings increased from June 2014 to July 2014

petroleum engineerThe number of job openings in Texas for “petroleum engineers” and “geological and petroleum technicians” increased from 622 in June 2014 to 782 in July 2014, while the searcher-to-job opening ratio decreased from 1.4 to 1.1 in the same span.

 

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The number of job openings in Texas for “derrick operators” and “roustabouts” increased from 270 in June 2014 to 368 in July 2014, while the searcher-to-job opening ratio decreased from 3.0 to 1.7 in the same span.roustabout_2014_07

Source: BLS

Image source: http://wonderfulengineering.com/what-is-petroleum-engineering/

How far down do water rights go?

Some say down to the center of the earth.  Other say that it is ok to drill and capture water that spills over to another’s land.

The Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments in Jan 2014.

From The Texas Tribune:

The Texas Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Jan. 7 in a dispute between a company that operates injection wells in Liberty County and a nearby rice farm that says wastewater from those wells has migrated into a saltwater aquifer below its land. It calls the migration trespassing, for which it should be compensated.