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Scotland to establish new energy jobs taskforce to support oil and gas sector
2015-01-16 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The Scottish Government will set up a new energy jobs taskforce to support the oil and gas sector.
Canada green energy jobs surpass oil sands employment
2014-12-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Canada's green energy sector has grown so quickly and has become such an important part of the economy that it now employs more people than the oil sands. About $25-billion has been invested in Canada's clean-energy sector in the past five years, and employment is up 37 per cent, according to a new report from climate think tank Clean Energy Canada to be released Tuesday. That means the 23,700 people who work in green energy organizations outnumber the 22,340 whose work relates to the oil sands,...
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New Labor Study Shows Marcellus Shale Energy Production Fuels Jobs And Economic Growth
2014-10-16 06:01:28| oilandgasonline Home Page
API welcomed a newstudyby the Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee that showed that industry spending in the Marcellus area on construction and maintenance grew over 60 percent between 2012 and 2013, reaching $5B, resulting in a 40 percent increase in construction jobs in eight trades.
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Hot jobs are in energy, chief regulator tells WPI students
2014-10-09 13:47:49| Energy - Topix.net
Cheryl LaFleur, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, speaks Wednesday at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. WORCESTER - Cheryl LaFleur says energy is having a moment.
API: Offshore Lease Sale Highlights Opportunity For Jobs And Energy From New Areas
2014-08-22 10:32:02| oilandgasonline Home Page
The sale of offshore oil and natural gas leases recently in the western Gulf of Mexico highlights the benefit of allowing development in the 87 percent of the Outer Continental Shelf the federal government has placed off-limits, said API Upstream Group Director Erik Milito.