May We Live in Interesting Times

摘要

With the 'Great Crew Change' upon us, it's time to think very far outside the well bore. The news is bleak. A survey of human resource executives at 22 international oil and gas companies conducted by Ernst & Young LLP and Rice University found nearly 90% saying that talent is not surfacing in the oil and gas industry. Cambridge Energy Research Associates Inc. (CERA), meanwhile, announced that the "engineering talent squeeze" was likely to cause a further delay in some oil and gas production projects through 2010. Meanwhile, the great crew change is well underway. Baby boomers are queuing for the doors, awaiting the next great post-work adventure.