Picture yourself five years ago when selling a barrel of oil would net you a steak dinner in a nice restaurant (if you brought your own wine). Fast forward and these days it seems trading oil is only resulting in macaroni and cheap beer.
Education. Let’s face it. When we think about the term “education,” we most likely recall our grade school or high school days: sitting in a classroom, bored to death, having to memorize things we knew were useless.
As the use of fiber optics has increased in the oil and gas industry to enhance production via better data reliability, availability and performance than traditional copper communication systems, so have the number of “deployable” systems used in remote locations.
I think a lot about training and thought about it again as I read freelancer Aaron Foley’s article this month (page 32) on a gas well simulator at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, Pa.
