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[A Friend of Charlie]

DJ up 192!

I would rather see $100 oil!   Wardens company is going to reduce their United States Based work force by 15% over the next 6-9 months.  Largely taken care of by current vacancies not being filled, buyouts and scheduled retirements but you know how those deals end up.  Also seems like a large chunk of the 15% (350 or so people) will be taken out of the main U.S. office in Houston which has about 2/3 of the people.  She would gladly take a nice socialist buyout as she only plans to work 1-2 more years anyway.

All part of working in the oil fields, she has been at it for over 35 years and seen many a company come and go and many reductions in force and pay cuts too.  2 years ago it was bonus's of more than a years pay and today it is layoffs.

Has it not been boom or bust for oil since it first bubbled up out of the ground?

And always will be just part of the business and those who work in it know that.

Fuggin commodity markets - glad I'm not in one anymore, hated the swings we would take in business all pending the price of corn/soybeans

Fucked up part is that my company is just as volatile with regard to jobs yet we're not at all affected (or minimally affected) by the market.  We're not a public company so it's not about our shareholders.  I think they just jump on the bandwagon and... Damn it, you made me think about work!

Shit, go smoke a cigar, drink a beer, lay the housemaid or something! 

You forgot, he ain't got no cigars...

Don't matter WTF he says fact is Warden will not let him have any down there.

There's plenty of down time.  The problem is with the "up" time.

[South Carolina Redfish]

DJ up 192!

I would rather see $100 oil!   Wardens company is going to reduce their United States Based work force by 15% over the next 6-9 months.  Largely taken care of by current vacancies not being filled, buyouts and scheduled retirements but you know how those deals end up.  Also seems like a large chunk of the 15% (350 or so people) will be taken out of the main U.S. office in Houston which has about 2/3 of the people.  She would gladly take a nice socialist buyout as she only plans to work 1-2 more years anyway.

All part of working in the oil fields, she has been at it for over 35 years and seen many a company come and go and many reductions in force and pay cuts too.  2 years ago it was bonus's of more than a years pay and today it is layoffs.

Has it not been boom or bust for oil since it first bubbled up out of the ground?

And always will be just part of the business and those who work in it know that.

Fuggin commodity markets - glad I'm not in one anymore, hated the swings we would take in business all pending the price of corn/soybeans

Fucked up part is that my company is just as volatile with regard to jobs yet we're not at all affected (or minimally affected) by the market.  We're not a public company so it's not about our shareholders.  I think they just jump on the bandwagon and... Damn it, you made me think about work!

Shit, go smoke a cigar, drink a beer, lay the housemaid or something! 

You forgot, he ain't got no cigars...

Don't matter WTF he says fact is Warden will not let him have any down there.

There's plenty of down time.  The problem is with the "up" time.

That may not be so bad as "Down Time" is easy to please and 'Up Time" can be "hard" to please.

[Travellin Dave]

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[razgueado]

DJ up 192!

I would rather see $100 oil!   Wardens company is going to reduce their United States Based work force by 15% over the next 6-9 months.  Largely taken care of by current vacancies not being filled, buyouts and scheduled retirements but you know how those deals end up.  Also seems like a large chunk of the 15% (350 or so people) will be taken out of the main U.S. office in Houston which has about 2/3 of the people.  She would gladly take a nice socialist buyout as she only plans to work 1-2 more years anyway.

All part of working in the oil fields, she has been at it for over 35 years and seen many a company come and go and many reductions in force and pay cuts too.  2 years ago it was bonus's of more than a years pay and today it is layoffs.

It's amazing the oil industry isn't more stable - I get that it's a commodity, but the amount of countries that produce it and their varying costs can make it an ugly industry.  Lots of jobless people out in western ND now too that want that $100/barrel too.

Warden is in Austin but works 100% on Bakken Resources and interestingly June was the largest Bakken Production month in history but drilling has slowed down to a crawl. 2 years ago her company was spudding 18 wells/month and now it is like 4 or 5 at most.  BAkken wells are rather short lived compared to conventional wells so they are seriously depleting the current resources without bringing new production online.    She works on the production resource side though which is currently very busy.  $100 oil and they will be begging to hire experienced people again.

Ohh wow, that's pretty cool she works with the Bakken stuff.  I just did a case study on a group out there and how they are finally getting some real efficiency with drilling and the extraction.  I guess this stuff they are pulling out is beyond nasty, barely considered crude with it's mineral content.

It is definitely far from Texas Sweet Crude!   

I tasted that once. Dunno what clown thought it tasted sweet.

Morning, muchachos.

GMornin Raz

Howdy, Shaun.

[Travellin Dave]

DJ up 192!

I would rather see $100 oil!   Wardens company is going to reduce their United States Based work force by 15% over the next 6-9 months.  Largely taken care of by current vacancies not being filled, buyouts and scheduled retirements but you know how those deals end up.  Also seems like a large chunk of the 15% (350 or so people) will be taken out of the main U.S. office in Houston which has about 2/3 of the people.  She would gladly take a nice socialist buyout as she only plans to work 1-2 more years anyway.

All part of working in the oil fields, she has been at it for over 35 years and seen many a company come and go and many reductions in force and pay cuts too.  2 years ago it was bonus's of more than a years pay and today it is layoffs.

Has it not been boom or bust for oil since it first bubbled up out of the ground?

And always will be just part of the business and those who work in it know that.

Fuggin commodity markets - glad I'm not in one anymore, hated the swings we would take in business all pending the price of corn/soybeans

Fucked up part is that my company is just as volatile with regard to jobs yet we're not at all affected (or minimally affected) by the market.  We're not a public company so it's not about our shareholders.  I think they just jump on the bandwagon and... Damn it, you made me think about work!

Shit, go smoke a cigar, drink a beer, lay the housemaid or something! 

You forgot, he ain't got no cigars...

Don't matter WTF he says fact is Warden will not let him have any down there.

There's plenty of down time.  The problem is with the "up" time.

You can get some little pills to help with that Tony.

[South Carolina Redfish]

DJ up 192!

I would rather see $100 oil!   Wardens company is going to reduce their United States Based work force by 15% over the next 6-9 months.  Largely taken care of by current vacancies not being filled, buyouts and scheduled retirements but you know how those deals end up.  Also seems like a large chunk of the 15% (350 or so people) will be taken out of the main U.S. office in Houston which has about 2/3 of the people.  She would gladly take a nice socialist buyout as she only plans to work 1-2 more years anyway.

All part of working in the oil fields, she has been at it for over 35 years and seen many a company come and go and many reductions in force and pay cuts too.  2 years ago it was bonus's of more than a years pay and today it is layoffs.

Has it not been boom or bust for oil since it first bubbled up out of the ground?

And always will be just part of the business and those who work in it know that.

Fuggin commodity markets - glad I'm not in one anymore, hated the swings we would take in business all pending the price of corn/soybeans

Fucked up part is that my company is just as volatile with regard to jobs yet we're not at all affected (or minimally affected) by the market.  We're not a public company so it's not about our shareholders.  I think they just jump on the bandwagon and... Damn it, you made me think about work!

Shit, go smoke a cigar, drink a beer, lay the housemaid or something! 

You forgot, he ain't got no cigars...

Don't matter WTF he says fact is Warden will not let him have any down there.

There's plenty of down time.  The problem is with the "up" time.

You can get some little pills to help with that Tony.

Just call Doctor Dean

[LuvTooGolf]

DJ up 192!

I would rather see $100 oil!   Wardens company is going to reduce their United States Based work force by 15% over the next 6-9 months.  Largely taken care of by current vacancies not being filled, buyouts and scheduled retirements but you know how those deals end up.  Also seems like a large chunk of the 15% (350 or so people) will be taken out of the main U.S. office in Houston which has about 2/3 of the people.  She would gladly take a nice socialist buyout as she only plans to work 1-2 more years anyway.

All part of working in the oil fields, she has been at it for over 35 years and seen many a company come and go and many reductions in force and pay cuts too.  2 years ago it was bonus's of more than a years pay and today it is layoffs.

Has it not been boom or bust for oil since it first bubbled up out of the ground?

And always will be just part of the business and those who work in it know that.

Fuggin commodity markets - glad I'm not in one anymore, hated the swings we would take in business all pending the price of corn/soybeans

Fucked up part is that my company is just as volatile with regard to jobs yet we're not at all affected (or minimally affected) by the market.  We're not a public company so it's not about our shareholders.  I think they just jump on the bandwagon and... Damn it, you made me think about work!

Shit, go smoke a cigar, drink a beer, lay the housemaid or something! 

You forgot, he ain't got no cigars...

Don't matter WTF he says fact is Warden will not let him have any down there.

There's plenty of down time.  The problem is with the "up" time.

You can get some little pills to help with that Tony.

I don't think he needs pills, he needs permission.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Oil industry needs half a trillion dollars to endure price slump
If oil stays at about $40 a barrel, the shakeout could be profound.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Not a bad gig for someone with a Physical Education Degree when the teachers are making under $50k in most areas.! 

 Across the Houston area, the average public high school head football coach makes $92,887, although some districts pay their coaches more than others.
Highest in the area is $132,000.

Austin is even higher than that.

[Travellin Dave]

Oil industry needs half a trillion dollars to endure price slump
If oil stays at about $40 a barrel, the shakeout could be profound.

It's not like prices at the pump have reduced in any correlation to the reduction in barrel prices.  Profits must be going somewhere.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Oil industry needs half a trillion dollars to endure price slump
If oil stays at about $40 a barrel, the shakeout could be profound.

It's not like prices at the pump have reduced in any correlation to the reduction in barrel prices.  Profits must be going somewhere.

Refiners are raking it in, but that calls for another Thanks O'bummer since they have not permitted a new refinery in this country in many many years because of all the nonsense regulations.

[CigarGuy87]

Not a bad gig for someone with a Physical Education Degree when the teachers are making under $50k in most areas.! 

 Across the Houston area, the average public high school head football coach makes $92,887, although some districts pay their coaches more than others.
Highest in the area is $132,000.

Austin is even higher than that.

As long as you are a good coach with recruiting power.  Texas Hierarchy:  Football>BBQ>God>Family

[CigarGuy87]

Oil industry needs half a trillion dollars to endure price slump
If oil stays at about $40 a barrel, the shakeout could be profound.

It's not like prices at the pump have reduced in any correlation to the reduction in barrel prices.  Profits must be going somewhere.

Commies!

[CigarGuy87]

Oil industry needs half a trillion dollars to endure price slump
If oil stays at about $40 a barrel, the shakeout could be profound.

It's not like prices at the pump have reduced in any correlation to the reduction in barrel prices.  Profits must be going somewhere.

Refiners are raking it in, but that calls for another Thanks O'bummer since they have not permitted a new refinery in this country in many many years because of all the nonsense regulations.

Bingo - and we should also stop this fictional 'need' for ethanol

[South Carolina Redfish]

Oil industry needs half a trillion dollars to endure price slump
If oil stays at about $40 a barrel, the shakeout could be profound.

It's not like prices at the pump have reduced in any correlation to the reduction in barrel prices.  Profits must be going somewhere.

Refiners are raking it in, but that calls for another Thanks O'bummer since they have not permitted a new refinery in this country in many many years because of all the nonsense regulations.

Bingo - and we should also stop this fictional 'need' for ethanol

+100000000 on that bull$shit stuff