Love your employer? Nominate it for the Chronicle’s top workplaces list!
The deadline to nominate companies for the Chronicle’s annual list of the top places to work in the greater Houston area has been extended to June 28. More »
Cameron International to close area facility that employs 88
Cameron International will lay off 88 workers when it closes its factory in Magnolia. More »
Guest Commentary: Maximizing opportunity in US energy development
David Holt, president of the Consumer Energy Alliance, notes that the oil and gas industry is facing an immediate and serious dearth of skilled workers. He says expanding math and science education in higher education is only part of the equation. We must capture a student’s interest in energy and the sciences at a younger age. More »
A More Personal Take On Oil & Gas
Welcome to “Building Hydrocarbon Bonds!” I’m David Vaucher, the lucky author of this new “Voices” column in FuelFix. More »
Strike called off after Exxon makes safety changes
Exxon Mobil Corp. has averted a strike at its Baytown refinery, one of the world’s largest sources of gasoline and diesel fuels, after a union there ratified a new agreement with the oil giant. More »
Women’s Energy Network launches S. Texas group
The newest WEN chapter joins those in Houston and five other regions. Goals of the group include fostering women’s careers in the field and developing women leaders. More »
Guest Commentary: National Oilwell Varco ready for ‘big crew change’
While the “Big Crew Change” may create anxiety for some companies, National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has gone to great lengths to attract and develop the next generation of talent that will successfully lead NOV into the future. More »
Oil industry: BLM prevents job creation in Calif.
Leading oil industry groups said Thursday federal land managers are blocking new energy development and job creation by postponing all oil and gas lease auctions on prime public lands in California until October. More »
Exxon Mobil makes deal to avert refinery strike
Exxon Mobil Corp. appears to have averted a strike at one of the nation’s largest sources of gasoline and other petroleum products after reaching a tentative agreement with a union there. More »
Transocean plans job cuts to focus on offshore business
Transocean Ltd. expects to achieve $300 million in annualized cost savings after a restructuring initiative that included divesting 38 offshore rigs in the fourth quarter and eliminating shore-based jobs. More »
Steelworkers threaten strike at massive Exxon refinery
Workers are threatening to strike over safety concerns at an Exxon Mobil Corp. refinery in Baytown, one of the world’s largest sources of gasoline and other petroleum products. More »
Regional Eagle Ford job fairs attracting big crowds
South Texas officials have fretted that the abundance of newly available oil field jobs wouldn’t go to local residents, and that companies would have to “import” workers from other parts of the state and U.S. More »
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