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$3.25 Billion for Jobs - Top 10 Growing Oil and Gas Jobs and Companies in Eastern Ohio

New jobs for 2012 in Oil and Natural Gas and the industries needed to support them are opening along highways I-77 and I-70 in Ohio. the high demand jobs are expected to be hot and growing through the next few decades. The companies doing the hiring and the types of jobs available are offered here. Billions of dollars are coming into Ohio for the creation of new jobs and energy resources.

1 comment    natural gas marcellus shale oil natural gas
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So You Want to Start a Trucking Company to Haul Water in the North Dakota Oilpatch

This morning, a gentleman who's considering starting up his own trucking company to haul water in the North Dakota oil drilling boom asked a number of very logical questions. The answers added up to a complete Hub...and here it is, beginning with...

27 comments    oil colorado utah
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The environmental impacts of offshore oil drilling

If there had been any doubt before, the recent catastrophe on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico has really driven home the message that drilling for oil is a messy and risky business. Consequently, decisions are now being made that affect the future of offshore oil drilling. But how risky is it really? Should we stop offshore drilling?

12 comments    environment fossil fuels oil gas
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I bet you didn't know: Strange Oklahoma Places

Oklahoma was the 46th state to join the Union, nearly 120 years after the first thirteen states ratified the Constitution.  Even though Oklahoma was one of the last states to become part of the U.S., that doesn't mean that it doesn't deserve it's...

5 comments    oklahoma main street oil well
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Oil refining what do we get from it

We get thousands or products from a barrel of oil, check out how we get all the different products from a single barrel of oil.

6 comments    oil gasoline diesel
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Oil Well Drilling: Explained

Drilling for oil is a difficult, time-consuming, and expensive process. In the years to come this process will not get any easier because most of the oil drilling is now done in deep waters. In the long run the price of oil will continue to increase because the dwindling supply of oil in the ground.

6 comments    oil oil drilling oil well
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Finding A Job In North Dakota : The Bakken Oil Drilling Boom

When Sarah Palin chants, "Drill, baby, drill!", she's thinking about energy independence...and jobs. Jobs, jobs, and more jobs. Everything but Steve Jobs. Although if you're a guy named Steve who needs a job, an oil drilling boom area is a mighty...

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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Well

The Deepwater Horizon oil well explosion and fire killed 11 employees. The catastrophe created a massive oil spill in the gulf which has lead to questioning the safety of oil drilling in 5,000 feet deep water. A congressional hearing was held on...

9 comments    jobs government obama
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Where to Find Bakken Oil Boom Jobs -- 50,000% Increase in North Dakota Jobs 2010-2012

Oil was discovered in the Bakken Oil Field in 1951, but an American Oil Boom and its increasing jobs hit here at New Town and a 50-plus-mile radius after 2009. New Town, North Dakota projects 500 new oil wells by 2015 and the Unemployment Rate is in 2011 already about half of the national average. More workers and more housing are both needed for several years.

17 comments    oil and gas jobs
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Baseball Glove Oil - Using Baseball Glove Oil the Right Way

Are you looking into using the latest and greatest Baseball Glove Oil to break in or refurnish your baseball glove? Well here you can find the best baseball glove oils to help get your glove into the tip-top performance it needs to be in!

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