Workforce Education at Oil and Gas Companies in the Permian Basin: Emerging Research and Opportunities (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781522584643)

Oil and gas companies are continually upgrading drilling and production facilities in response to safety, regulatory, and technology advances, causing the amount of data that an operator must interpret in order to optimize a facility's production to increase exponentially. Trained employees are at premium demand in the field, and companies are willing to pay for skills. However, there are too many skill-specific positions available and too many untrained applicants, and companies within this industry lack the recruiting, training, and experience necessary to train them. Workforce Education at Oil and Gas Companies in the Permian Basin: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential scholarly resource that examines changing technical, data analysis, and decision-making skills required of operations or maintenance personnel, as well as expectations for future changes. The book contrasts these needs against a typical oilfield worker's education level and skillset in order to target potential solutions for the challenges that face today's workforce. Highlighting topics such as economic development, oilfield technology, and employee training, this book is geared toward oil and gas workers, training facilitators, education practitioners, industry professionals, academicians, and researchers.

Author: Julie Neal,Brittany Lee Neal
ISBN-10: 1522584641
ISBN-13: 9781522584643
Publisher: Business Science Reference
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2019
Pages: 135
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.38d