Top five Shale oil rich nations in the world

Shale oil is a unique hydrocarbon produced by shale rocks that are very rare in the world. It is produced by the process of pyrolysis, thermal dissolution and hydrogenation. The process then converts kerogen- a mixture of organic chemical compounds abundantly found in sedimentary rocks- into synthetic oil and gas which is then used as a fuel. It is also upgraded to meet refinery needs as well.  .

It was first used in Switzerland and Austria in early 1300s. The historical concept about shale oil is that the Ute Indians of the Great Basin revealed Spanish explorers about a rock that burns. Its been seven centuries that humans are consuming Shale oil. Not long ago, researchers started debating on the commercial scale exploitation of shale oil as a reliable energy source.

Here, we will talk about the top five nations who are enriched by the recoverable shale oil and reserves.

1.       Indonesia:

Discovered in 1885, Indonesia wears the crown for being the first oil producer in South East Asia . It entered organisation of petroleum exporting countries (OPEC) in 1962, in 2009, Indonesia became the only country with significant declines in shale oil production. Indonesian govt. began two shale gas study projects, consequently in May, it was announced that the production will begin in 2018.

2.       Canada:

Canada is the sixth largest shale oil producer and the third largest gas producer in the world. Prime location is the East Coast of Canada; Albert oil shale has 100 l/t oil with the potential oil recovery as well. Other important oil location is the McMurray Formation. The location also consists of a mixture of sand, crude bitumen, clay minerals, water and silica. It is the only reservoir of crude bitumen in the world.

3.       Mexico

Mexico, a Central American nation is not a part of OPEC but among the largest sources of U.S oil imports. The supergiant oil field in Mexico naming,”Cantarell” peaked in 2004 producing around 2.14 million barrels per day. From that day on, Mexico has seen a steady decline in oil production.

4.       Venezuela

As per the records of organisation of petroleum exporting countries (OPEC), the republic of Venezuela contains around 297.5 barrels of shale oil and 197 tcf of natural gas reserves. The Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt is the only largest crude oil reserve, expanded on the area of fifty five thousand kilometres while the Orinoco Oil Sands is the second largest oil field reserve in the world.

5.       Libya

Libya comes on the 9th rank when we are talking about the largest shale oil reserves in the world. Libya is also the owner of Africa’s hydrocarbon stocks of about forty seven billion barrels. The catastrophe took place in 2011 sent oil production only of about twenty eight percent of its 2010 levels. Libya is a place of Silurian hot shale which is the most crucial hydrocarbon source rock in Arabia and North Africa.

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Why Hazell Engineering?

The global oil and gas production market is energetic and developing to meet growing demand from the world’s consumers and businesses. With rising environmental concerns and a requirement for more responsible extraction of fossil fuels, oil and gas engineering roles are becoming more and more varied across different departments. From conventional offshore, subsea, pipeline, and drilling engineering to modern Health Safety Security Environment (HSSE) policies for shale gas and environmental disciplines, power sector is seeing a lot of diversification in the resource area.

Global oil and gas operators/producers are continuously seeking new ways to develop cost-effective methods for exploring, extracting, facilitating, and distributing hydrocarbons while keeping into consideration the popular environment and healthcare concerns. Engineering roles in this challenging environment are therefore complex and need robust equipment and a handful of skilled and specialised professionals to compliment and support operations.

Besides, increase in volumes for oil and gas being produced from fields and farms located beneath the sea surface (subsea), engineers play a critical role in the management of oil and gas in such complex environment through the design, development, and installation of motorized systems for instance underwater pipelines and pumps, offshore drilling rigs and transportation equipment, etc. to ensure safe and appropriate extraction and drilling of resources.

With over 30 year experience in the oil and gas sector,  Hazell Engineering is well positioned and well equipped to provide highly qualified and skilled professionals for jobs in oil and gas engineering covering a selection of permanent and contract positions in drilling, installation, marine, rig management, pipeline engineering, subsea operations, and maintenance, etc. Hazell assists some of the biggest production and supply companies in the market such as Production Service Network (PSN), Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) Limited, Technip, Sonsub division (Saipem UK Ltd), and more, helping them find the most resourceful and skilled talent out there. 

 Hazell Engineering has time-honoured relationship with clients, contractors and permanent or potential qualified candidates. It takes pride on consistently improving internal processes and functions to serve their clients better, improve market knowledge, and enhance ability to target while offering valuable and satisfactory services to both clients and candidates. Whilst oil and gas recruitment are at the core of Hazell services, it also have a dedicated team of consultants who focus on finding best practices and latest industry information (compliance and policies) to ensure that the candidates are skilled and knowledgeable. More, Hazell recruitment teams are well aware of procedures and methods to offer the best possible services to all clients seeking contract or permanent staff or resources and also candidates who are looking to get help for their next career move.

Empowering the full lifecycle of the global oil and gas industry!

Hazell Engineering is one of the leading specialist recruitment companies, with over 30 years of experience recruiting engineers and technologists in oil and gas sector, in both public and private companies throughout the UK.  It supports various oil and gas hubs (projects), providing expertise to ensure a personalised service, tailored in particular to meet custom recruitment needs in the energy sector. The Hazell Engineering team overseas operations through a matrix management model, providing a seamless delivery of recruitment services on behalf of clients and candidates.

Since its inception, Hazell Engineering has grown to be the best in the oil and gas industry, consistently bringing in the best recruits locally. Their ability to provide career opportunities is second to none, offering specialised services in specific technical areas of the industry, for instance subsurface or subsea, and guarantees satisfaction.

Hazell offers a deep level of expertise in recruiting qualified, skilled, and professional resources across the full lifecycle of the oil and gas industry with wide-ranging services include permanent hiring or contract recruitment in various capacities, such as drilling, process/chemical, HSE & QA/QC, completion/intervention, project engineering, and piping, etc.

Hazell Engineering’s recruitment experts perform a complete 360 degree role, i.e. specialised consultants provide assistance throughout the entire recruiting process and beyond, from requirement gathering to creating pool of potential candidates, interviewing, and negotiations, etc. Each consultant specialises in a skill area, further enhancing the effectiveness and sourcing capabilities of the agency all through the recruitment life cycle.

Hazelleng.com serves as an online job board for job seekers providing local access to a whole new world of lucrative jobs, recruitment tips and advice from industry experts, and up-to-the-minute industry news. This gives Hazell a unique edge and enables them to drive significant traffic through different portals to quickly fill vacancies posted on the website. To maximise reach and discover untapped talent, as a leading oil and gas recruiter, they utilise dedicated social networking platforms, media outlets, and other resources.

Specialities include:

·         Helping oil and gas companies attract and recruit the best talent.

·         Enabling companies to respond faster to changing market conditions and increasing demand for quality and versatile technical resources.

·         Using the best channels for recruitment including LinkedIn

·         Save time and efforts for oil and gas companies and allow them to focus on improved productivity and more profits

·          With the help of experienced and skilled recruiters, Hazell Engineering offers custom managed services designed specifically for bulk recruitment or large projects.

·         Find and retain skilled oil and gas engineering professionals for faster job allocation and recruitment to meet demands on time.

·         To exceed customer expectations and deliver services beyond traditional means, across all areas of oil and gasrecruitment.

Hazell Engineering has been supplying the services of high-calibre engineering personnel to the international Oil and Gas market, both on a contract and permanent basis, for over 27 years.

If you are looking to hire professionals in Oil and Gas engineering, visit http://www.hazelleng.com/ or contact the team here: administration@hazelleng.com

Set yourself apart by wiping your CV clean of buzzwords!

Your Curriculum Vitae is perhaps the most important document you will ever write or produce. It is an opportunity for you to define your professional identity and set yourself apart from the ever-growing competition. But often, CVs are filled with shiny overused (and unwanted) words that do nothing to help you get hired and actually sometimes hurt job potential of the candidate. If you are really curious to get the attention of a managing hiring, make sure yours  stands out as an original and logical document.

In 2012, leading professional networking site published a list of top overused buzzwords. LinkedIn surveyed more than 180 million professionals around the globe and identified creative, analytical, and effective as the top three overused professional buzzwords used by people to describe themselves to potential employers.

Here’s the list of LinkedIn’s Top 8 Overused Professional Buzzwords in 2012:  

1.       Creative

2.       Motivated

3.       Effective

4.       Analytical

5.       Experimental

6.       Multinational

7.       Specialised

8.       Responsible

 The common mistake jobseekers do when writing a CV is to attempt to make it look and sound formal. Frequently, this means filling it with words straight out of a business book. Consider the hiring manager going through dozens (or even hundreds in some cases) of applications in a day and reading the same jargon. They can’t help but go on an autopilot mode and glide through all the CVs even faster, ignoring verbatim.

If you wish to avoid buzzwords in your future CVs and catch the attention of the hiring manager, here is our piece of advice that can help you recognise overused or clichéd words:

·         Avoid self describing words such as visionary, innovative, unique, and creative, etc. – Because there are just few people who are capable of holding these titles – Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, Shawn Fanning, and Warren Buffet – not quite common!   

·         Avoid words that are hard to comprehend or confusing. For example: Out-of-the-box thinking, 360-degree, and change agent, etc.

·         Do not use jargon when writing down accomplishments. Avoid words similar to knowledge of, experience with, familiar with, value added, responsibilities include, leverage, and utilise, etc.

·         Avoid writing qualification (MBA, CPA, CPS, MACS, or GP, etc.) right beside your name on the top. Instead, put your qualification related details in the body of your CV.

·         Let us know if you know other buzzwords that should be avoided! 

Hazell Engineering has been supplying the services of high-calibre engineering personnel to the international Oil and Gas market, both on a contract and permanent basis, for over 27 years.

 If you are looking to hire professionals in Oil and Gas engineering, visit http://www.hazelleng.com/ or contact our team at administration@hazelleng.com for assistance.

How to select a firm for Oil and Gas recruitment?

In a recent report, Oil and Gas: Rising Fortunes 2, Lloyds Banking Group reported that 83% companies in the sector expect to see more business. This expected growth would translate to over 34,000 new jobs when applied to the entire sector and related businesses. However, many companies are concerned skills shortages could limit their growth and spark a "war for talent", according to the study. Specialised recruitment agencies and staffing consultants are perhaps the best bet for businesses to meet concerning talent demands.

A lot of companies are turning to these recruitment firms to find the right skilled and qualified professionals. But again, searching for the right recruitment firm/consultant is not easy. There are an overwhelming number of recruitment agencies out there, from small/local firms to big names.  Before you approve a firm to recruit on your behalf, it is important to know whether they are up to the job and that your specific requirements will be fulfilled.

Here are some questions you must ask before selecting a firm for oil and gas recruitment to avoid errors and attract top talent in the sector:

1.       Should it not work, is there a guarantee?

2.       How long have you been in this sector?

3.       What is the minimum and maximum time for an average task?

4.       What are the implications should you fail to adhere to the timeline?

5.       How consultants are assigned to a task?

6.       What methods will be used to find potential candidates?

7.       How will you ensure that we have the best/right talent?

8.       Will you conduct in-person interviews?

9.       At what stage will you carry out the reference check?

10.   Do you have an evidence to demonstrate your level of success in the sector?

Hazell Engineering is an ISO 9001: 2008 accredited by DNV, "for the provision of specialised recruitment services to the offshore oil, gas and petrochemical industries". We are also First Point Assessment Limited registered and a fully accredited member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation. F or over 27 years, we have supplied the services of high calibre engineering personnel to the International Oil and Gas industry, both on a contract and permanent basis.

Our highly experienced recruitment team utilises one of the industry's most comprehensive personnel databases, this enables us to respond rapidly to our client’s individual requirements.

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