Where the (New) Jobs Are: Texas...Future U.S. Crude Oil Growth

[roo_ster]

http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=116972

Growing U.S. crude oil production has placed the nation within spitting distance of the world's largest producers, Saudi Arabia and Russia, and has made the U.S. more significant on the world energy stage than Iran, China, Iraq or Venezuela.

The state of Texas has a significant role to play in this growth, with production anticipated to reach 2 million barrels of oil per day (MMbopd) in the next few years, thanks to Eagle Ford shale, Permian Basin fields and other plays, said Texas Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman...

Thanks to this technological innovation, U.S. oil production, which is currently at 6 MMbopd, is expected to reach 9 MMbopd of crude and 11.5 MMbopd of liquids by 2015, the same level seen in 1971, Smitherman said.

"By 2020, we can have enough oil and gas to be completely self-sufficient with U.S. and Canadian supplies. No more worrying about the Middle East, buying oil from countries that hate America and no need to send our troops into harm's way to secure shipping lanes," Smitherman said...

The Eagle Ford shale boom has brought tremendous opportunities to South Texas in terms of jobs. For example, an 18-year old high school graduate who can pass a drug test can earn $55,000 a year working in the Eagle Ford, and if they have a commercial driver's license, they can earn $80,000 a year for a starting salary, said state Sen. Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio).

I know where I am going if I get laid off and can't find work in my current sector.  My FIL is a land man down thataway and apprenticing with him would be my first choice.  If he keel overs, though, I have little doubt I could keep food on the table working in S Texas. 

[Fitz]

Where could i go to inquire about IT jobs down that way?

[Jamisjockey]

Where could i go to inquire about IT jobs down that way?

Monster and careerbuilder are probably good starts. 
I found this site bun don't know much about the site
http://www.eaglefordshale.com/jobs/

[RocketMan]

All well and good until the EPA/environmentalists shut down fracking.  I expect that movement will gain significant momentum over the next few years.  They managed to kill any new nuke power builds years back, so fracking should be easy for them.

[dm1333]

I don't agree that fracking is an easy target.  There may be some places where it isn't appropriate because whatever they are fracking for is too close to the water table.  There are plenty of places like the Bakken formation where the fracking is going on at 10,000 below the surface and there is just about no chance that the water table will get polluted.