Texas Bird Count Gives Scientists Alarming Climate Change Clues

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Texas Upsets UNC: No. 23 Tar Heels Fall To Longhorns, 85-67

Raymond Felton #2 of the North Carolina Tar Heels reacts after falling to the Texas Longhorns during their second round game of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament at Pepsi Center on March 20, 2004 in Denver, Colorado. The Longhorns won 78-75. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) Get Sports Alerts:Sign Up React:Inspiring
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Tommy Tuberville Grilled By Dan Patrick Over Texas Tech Departure (VIDEO)

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Colorado Springs pilot among two dead in Texas plane crash

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A Colorado Springs pilot and another man were killed in the crash of a small plane in Amarillo, Texas. Authorities say the plane plummeted into a field shortly after takeoff.

The crash happened Friday night during high winds in the Texas Panhandle. The Texas Department of Public Safety said the plane went down 20 miles from the Amarillo airport where pilot Kelly O'Neal had stopped to pick up 79-year-old passenger Robert O'Neal.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Authorities said the pilot was from Colorado Springs. Robert O'Neal was from Amarillo.

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Texas Cancer Agency Marred By Criminal Probe

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Texas judge signs injunction to halt construction of Keystone XL pipeline

by Stibbs & Co., P.C. on December 13, 2012

TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline has been a lightning rod for controversy since it first entered the public discourse several years ago.

Environmentalists argue that it will pose a significant threat to public health and speed up the development of Canada's "tar sands," which are believed cause more carbon emissions than traditional oil field production.

Meanwhile, the pipeline's supporters say it will capitalize on U.S. refining capabilities to create domestic jobs and reduce the country's dependence on petroleum imports from unstable nations in the Middle East.

President Obama rejected TransCanada's original proposal, citing the risks involved in routing the pipeline over the Ogallala Aquifer, which is a major source of water for both drinking and irrigating farmland. However, the company was encouraged to begin construction on a Southern section of the pipeline that would relieve a bottleneck in Cushing, Oklahoma and facilitate the transportation of crude oil to refineries in Texas.

Now, Michael Bishop, who owns 20 acres in the town of Douglass, about 160 miles north of Houston, is throwing a wrench in TransCanada's plans with a lawsuit seeking to halt the pipeline's construction.

Bishop claims the company lied to Texas landowners when it said the pipeline would transport "crude oil." Although TransCanada holds that tar sands are a form of crude, Judge Jack Sinz signed an injunction barring further work on the pipeline until after a December 19 hearing.

In a press release, the company asserted that the injunction will not affect its construction timeline. However, there is a risk that the case will drag on and begin to cause problems.

There are many opportunities for growth in the Houston oil and gas sector, but businesses constantly face the risk that legal challenges will prevent them from reaching their goals. Experienced Houston attorneys can help firms operating in the area settle disputes and move forward with their ventures.

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Cathie Adams, Former Texas GOP Chair: Obama Needs Teleprompter Because He 'Fried' Brain On Drugs

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Oilfield Instrumentation Hires John Woolslayer for Oklahoma, parts of Texas

Posted on September 21, 2012 by ofi

Oilfield Instrumentation (OI) announces the appointment of John Woolslayer to Business Development in the Oklahoma oil-producing areas of Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Weatherford, as well as the Midland-Odessa area of Texas.

Woolslayer is responsible for developing OI customers base in the region for drilling instrumentation, gas detection and custom good-site accommodations such as business man and security buildings, manufactured by OI the sister company, advanced building Services.

During the Woolslayer of more than 20 years of experience in oil field sales and management he developed a reliable reputation in the industry drilling contractors and operators have maintained. With such companies as Premier Oilfield Services felling company possesses, WCI Engineering, and Oil Gas & car rental services before the purchase by Allis-Chalmers energy, Inc. Woolslayer provide customers with everything from Dirksen for rent of diving equipment. His expertise is instrumental in helping offshore service companies transition to land-based operations in areas of northern Louisiana to the Bakken in North Dakota.

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Offshore Oil Rig Jobs In Texas

Are there offshore oil rig jobs in Texas? Yes, of course there are. After all, Texas is one of the Gulf states and there is still plenty of offshore oil drilling going on. Unfortunately, this does not do you much good if you are not living in Houston or somewhere else nearby. That’s because most oil drilling companies with rigs off Texas have an office there (in Houston).

There are many job seekers looking for offshore oil rig jobs in Texas. Of course, most of those posting on the net are from out of the state or even out of the country. You can tell this from the way they write and the kinds of questions they ask. Many of them say they are willing to move and able to work hard. However, they say this while typing on a computer in their homes sitting on their asses. They want to get an offshore oil rig job in Texas before they are actually willing to move or even visit.

That’s just like a sissy, lacking guts and commitment. The ones who successfully get drilling rig jobs on offshore oil rigs are men with guts and commitment. They are men who go to where the work is and then look for jobs there, not sissies sitting on their arses begging for work on the web.

From the point of view of a job seeker, Texas, like every other Gulf state with oil in their waters, have two types of offshore oil rigs. The first is located near the shore and hire roustabouts and other crew by the day. That means you go to their recruiting point early in the morning and then try to get yourself chosen for that day’s oil crew. Usually, you will travel to and from the rig by boat. If you get hired, you will be doing general unskilled labor under supervision. It is not a career but is mainly a way of gaining experience. It is also a way of getting yourself noticed as a hard worker and team player as well as making friends with the supervisor (usually an experienced roustabout or a roughneck), hopefully getting a longer contract.

The second type of offshore oil rig is located farther away from shore. You will normally get there by helicopter because it is too far to go by boat. The tour of duty will normally be two weeks on and two weeks off, although there is an increasing number of tours with three weeks on and two weeks off. Basically, you do not get a break (i.e. no weekends) when you are on the offshore rig.

This kind of oil rig employment usually needs some form of related experience. That’s where the daily rate jobs really come in useful. However, if you are personable and lucky, you might be able to parlay experience on a land-based oil rig into a job. If you have not worked on an oil rig before but have marine experience, e.g. working on a trawler or as a Navy sailor, you should also have a chance.

But how do you do your oil rig job search? Simple. Go to the docks and talk to people. Find out where the day labor recruitment points are. Find out which offshore drilling companies are still operating their oil platforms in Texas waters then go visit their local office. Too shy to talk to strangers? What are you, a girl? If you don’t have the guts don’t ask to work in the oil industry.

If you want work on an oil rig off the shores of Texas, go to Houston. Be prepared to live in a cheap motel or even camp outdoors if need be. Buy the local papers to look for job advertisements but most importantly go to the docks and look for the day job recruitment points. Remember to also find out where the local offices of the oil drilling contractors are and go there to look for jobs.

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Offshore Oil Rig Jobs In Texas

Are there offshore oil rig jobs in Texas? Yes, of course there are. After all, Texas is one of the Gulf states and there is still plenty of offshore oil drilling going on. Unfortunately, this does not do you much good if you are not living in Houston or somewhere else nearby. That’s because most oil drilling companies with rigs off Texas have an office there (in Houston).

There are many job seekers looking for offshore oil rig jobs in Texas. Of course, most of those posting on the net are from out of the state or even out of the country. You can tell this from the way they write and the kinds of questions they ask. Many of them say they are willing to move and able to work hard. However, they say this while typing on a computer in their homes sitting on their asses. They want to get an offshore oil rig job in Texas before they are actually willing to move or even visit.

That’s just like a sissy, lacking guts and commitment. The ones who successfully get drilling rig jobs on offshore oil rigs are men with guts and commitment. They are men who go to where the work is and then look for jobs there, not sissies sitting on their arses begging for work on the web.

From the point of view of a job seeker, Texas, like every other Gulf state with oil in their waters, have two types of offshore oil rigs. The first is located near the shore and hire roustabouts and other crew by the day. That means you go to their recruiting point early in the morning and then try to get yourself chosen for that day’s oil crew. Usually, you will travel to and from the rig by boat. If you get hired, you will be doing general unskilled labor under supervision. It is not a career but is mainly a way of gaining experience. It is also a way of getting yourself noticed as a hard worker and team player as well as making friends with the supervisor (usually an experienced roustabout or a roughneck), hopefully getting a longer contract.

The second type of offshore oil rig is located farther away from shore. You will normally get there by helicopter because it is too far to go by boat. The tour of duty will normally be two weeks on and two weeks off, although there is an increasing number of tours with three weeks on and two weeks off. Basically, you do not get a break (i.e. no weekends) when you are on the offshore rig.

This kind of oil rig employment usually needs some form of related experience. That’s where the daily rate jobs really come in useful. However, if you are personable and lucky, you might be able to parlay experience on a land-based oil rig into a job. If you have not worked on an oil rig before but have marine experience, e.g. working on a trawler or as a Navy sailor, you should also have a chance.

But how do you do your oil rig job search? Simple. Go to the docks and talk to people. Find out where the day labor recruitment points are. Find out which offshore drilling companies are still operating their oil platforms in Texas waters then go visit their local office. Too shy to talk to strangers? What are you, a girl? If you don’t have the guts don’t ask to work in the oil industry.

If you want work on an oil rig off the shores of Texas, go to Houston. Be prepared to live in a cheap motel or even camp outdoors if need be. Buy the local papers to look for job advertisements but most importantly go to the docks and look for the day job recruitment points. Remember to also find out where the local offices of the oil drilling contractors are and go there to look for jobs.

No related posts.

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 14th, 2010 at 8:07 am and is filed under Oil Rig Jobs Articles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

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