A Perfect Fit: Veterans And The Oil And Gas Industry
September 30, 2012
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America’s booming petroleum business offers recent veterans golden job opportunities now in oil patches from Pennsylvania to North Dakota as demand for energy resources soars.
While many of the nation’s businesses have cut jobs, the oil and gas industry has turned the home front into an employment opportunity for returning vets. Afghanistan and Iraq veterans especially stand to benefit from this unique situation.
The ability to hire an abundance of new employees comes from the recent boom the industry is experiencing. New technologies such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (the use of water, sand and chemicals to free natural gas or oil in shale formations) have allowed companies to tap the full potential of the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, for example.