Germany Agrees To Indefinitely Ban Fracing http://oilpro.com/post/25280/germany-agrees-to-indefinitely-ban-fracing "Following years of heated controversy, the German government agreed on Tuesday to indefinitely ban hydraulic fracturing for shale gas... — read more
$3.5 B blunder
guess the little people will pay for the President,CEO,Chairmans mistake. Oh well.
Moral at Landmark PSL
I don't know about the other Halliburton PSL's but in the 20 some years I have been with the company, I have never seen the morale lower than it is now. Under the Nags regime, you cannot be a manager if you are NOT in Houston and it really helps to... — read more
Arbroath Swagger is Back
Fill your boots guys, main shopt overtime is back for good. Watch the Statoil boys s--- d--k to get in too. Same old people and same old greed.
The Book That Allowed Senior Management To Rise To The Top
All of the secrets are inside. You too, can be a PSL leader if you follow these simple instructions. https://www.amazon.com/Beat-Your-Way-Top-Masturbation/dp/1478296127
Electric Cars
Early 2017 release, Chevy Bolt, 200 miles electric range, charges in 60 minutes, 35K minus 7.5k cash back from Obama. Is this our Kodak moment?
Duncan, so quiet. Speak up, what is your status?
Duncan - status.
The Rockies?
Hiring?
Sperry Sing 2
We're running skeleton crew. I hope nothing happen to us... We have family to feed. I don't want to go back to India...
DMC weed lot
Hey Mike, how about taking some of your plant manager bonus money and hiring some kids to mow the lawn? It's EMBARRASSING!! Or, get some of your buddy system managers to do it seeing as though there's PLENTY OF THEM standing around with nothing to... — read more
It is a dirty industry with no regard for our planet nor its employees.
It is a dirty industry with no regard for our planet nor its employees.
Halliburton puts west Houston campus on the market
Houston-based has put its Oak Park Campus up for sale, according to Jones Lang LaSalle, which has the listing. The 48-acre site is in Houston's Westchase District at 10200 Bellaire Blvd., just outside Beltway 8 and south of the Westpark Tollway... — read more
HDBS Brussels is closing
This morning we heard that our facility is going down and closed by June 2017. Coring and Down Hole Tools shall be relocated from Brussels to our colleagues in Houston. We sacrified during 1.5 years our salary by temporary unemployment for about... — read more
Global glut forecast puts pressure on oil prices. The oil glut isn't going away anytime soon.
Supply will continue to outpace demand well into next year, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday, sending oil prices falling by as much as 2%. Demand for oil, particularly in Asia, is growing at a slower pace than it had previously predicted... — read more
Halliburton to auction off shuttered facility in South Texas
After operating for more than 16 years in the South Texas city of Alice, oil field services giant Halliburton Co. is moving forward with plans to auction off a shuttered facility there. Houston-based Halliburton closed its 19.18-acre facility at 850... — read more
Loyalty Rank
How loyal to HAL are you? 0 to 10. 0 absolutely none to 10 loyal servitude.
Oilfield Downturn Blues
I hear layoffs a comin' There rollin' 'round the bend And I ain't seen work pickup Since, I don't know when We're stuck in the Oil field downturn And time keeps draggin' on ... — read more
Christmas is coming
Red folders for everyone
NOV RSS
BYE BYE Geo-Pilot. As if Baker RSS wasn't bad enough.
3rdQ bonus
I would like to know when bonuses will be sent out. I have contractors waiting to start installing my pool. Geez !!
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Speculation is that there will be considerable layoffs at Landmark by the end of 3Q.
I tend to believe it because Nags and certain of his ilk along with some of the more privileged members of his Mexican Cartel have been huddling up in the meeting rooms the last week or two. And we all know who the prime targets will be. After we're... — read more
The oil patch will never be the same.
Oil field services will not pick back up until late, maybe Q4 2017. And when it does, we will not have the quality leadership that we once had. Even the leadership in the past 10 years will be obsolete. Our new leadership will consist of very smart... — read more
H1B
IBM = American, Accenture = American, etc. etc... We are our worst enemies... Rank H1B Visa Sponsor Number of LCA * Average Salary 1 Infosys 33,289 $79,201 2 Tata Consultancy Services 16,553 $69,648 3 IBM 13,600 $83,248 4 Wipro 12,201 $70,306 5... — read more
Opinion - Colin Kaepernick - What are your thoughts regarding ?
Freedom of speech is taking a beating on this one.
Is Halliburton’s Indebtedness on the Rise?
Halliburton’s net-debt-to-EBITDA Halliburton’s (HAL) net-debt-to-adjusted-TTM (trailing 12-month) EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization) multiple increased from 4Q14 through 2Q16. In 2Q16, the multiple was ~3.5x, or... — read more
DD/MWD manager @ Nisku Need to Go! BD OVERHAULED. CONSULTANTS furloughed.
So top heavy. LAZIEST field hands getting work. Very little work, yet COORDINATORS phone you in panic. Get your f'ing act together.
Global Halliburton exec talks Houston job cuts, new technologies
The current oil slump is the worst downturn in the history of the oil and gas industry, according to Eric Carre, executive vice president of global business lines at Houston-based Halliburton Co. The global oil slump has been “quite painful” for... — read more
Forced time off W/O Pay at Carrollton
Hourly and salaried employees on reduced (non-paid) hours for the next 90 days. Yep. Things are turning around.
When does the CEO get laid off?
Homeboy cost us $3bln in cash with his Baker Hughes boondoggle and keeps his job? Anyone else in the company would have been canned a long time ago. The BoD need to do their damn job.
What's the latest on aberdeen onshore @ offshore workers
I have been hearing that more pay offs are coming by late September after quarter results.we are all aware that the industry is hitting hard times all round and it shall not stop until companies look into the new tax year and of course the cost of... — read more
Middle East picking people off this week
A fair few being let go in MENA this week and more to go. No profit left to keep it going so letting people go and working the left overs harder......oh, give them a pay cut as well. More with less is getting tiresome now...... Keeps the share... — read more
If you think HAL is bad, bhi is just miserable
HELP, Abandon ship, HELLp, were taking in water!