Students rushing to careers in petroleum industry

San Antonio Express News ^ | August 6, 2012 | Vicki Vaughan

[Zathras]

Lots of jobs in exploration here in Fort Collins, CO
We just had a guy move in from TN and is working the fields.

[JudgemAll]

Let’s get fracking!

[rurgan]

So 1 field is “booming”. Most college graduates can't get jobs in this Obama economy. And if the media elects Obama again then the EPA will soon cripple the oil , coal, and energy industries so much that this field will also be a bust.

[wally_bert]

Ping for later.

[wastedyears]

The problem is that the kids have to stop trying to SAVE THE WORLD (in other words, put down their video games) for a few and crack a book or two.

If anybody has an extra $15,000 lying around to pay for surgery that could get my mind and body out of the 'stasis' category and back into the 'active' category, I'll go to college within 2 months of having it done because by then I should be pretty sharp.

/half sarcasm (half because parathyroid disease really does suck)

[Vigilanteman]

Oppressive regulation is about the only tool left in the ObaMao arsenal for the simple fact that most petroleum resources are located in states where unions are week.

Go tell a young man in North Dakota making $60K that he needs union representation and he'll laugh you out of the oil patch.

[wastedyears]

Texas is looking better to move to.

My only problem would be making a couple grand so I can buy a truck and head down there with a solid plan and a few thousand in my account.