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Well what a start to 2012 it has been. Just 2 months in and we have already opened new offices in Perth and Brisbane Australia. On top of that we launched the latest workforce survey – Global Oil and Gas WorkforceSurvey

February saw us reach the one millionth registered user of OilCareers, while January’s traffic of over 714,000 unique visits, was a new monthly record.

With around 11-15,000 new jobs posted to the site each month and some 20,000 live jobs on the site each day OilCareers.com remains the number 1 site, for both candidates and employers working in oil and gas.

They say confidence breeds confidence and despite political, financial and environmental obstacles worldwide, the global oil and gas industry continues to gain momentum.

With 2012 set to be an exciting year, Air Energi and OilCareers.com’s latest Global Oil and Gas Workforce Survey, provides the clearest indication yet of why this year looks to be one where confidence not only returns but swells:

AFRICA

A massive natural gas find in Mozambique could see it replicate the potential of Angola, Nigeria and Ghana – security concerns remain but super majors’ acceptance of ‘risk for reward’ of may well prevail.

AMERICAS

Project activity is booming in the Americas, from the tip of Alaska to the tail of Argentina. While regions around the globe have grabbed the LNG spotlight in recent months, but Latin America is not far behind.

ASIA PACIFIC

2012 promises to be a record-breaker in Asia Pacific once again with Asian economies expected to represent half the world’s growth over the next five years and 75 per cent of the global increase in energy demand.

AUSTRALASIA

Australia’s labour crunch tightened with the go-ahead of the Ichthys LNG project in January – the $34 billion development will require an estimated 4,000 construction workers once in full swing. Australia is creating solutions to remain competitive.

FSU CASPIAN

NOCs are wading carefully into offshore developments, remaining safely within national boundaries and avoiding any potential geopolitical upset.

EUROPE

While Scandinavia and the UK are near to booming and mainland Europe remains cautious given the potentially calamitous economic uncertainties, the region remains a centre of excellence for the industry.

MIDDLE EAST

With expats outnumbering locals 9:1, employers continue to offer some of the world’s most competitive day rates and attractive incentive packages. Industry has only slowed somewhat in Syria and Egypt due to the civil unrest but other Middle Eastern countries remain largely unaffected.

View the complete Global Oil and Gas Workforce Survey H1 2012 at http://www.oilcareers.com/onstream/workforce-survey/

OPITO’s new careers website www.myoilandgascareer.com has arrived at the right time.

Live today, the site is a one-stop-shop for information on careers within the oil and gas industry. Its launch follows a period of huge cut-backs in the public sector which have – according to the Institute of Career Guidance – rendered careers advice services virtually extinct (The Guardian, December 2011).

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