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2. 7 Oil Field Jobs Companies Are Desperate To Fill - AOL

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   "Even if we are [energy independent], we can't hire enough people to keep it running," says Brian Aylor, who works in the oil fields in Midland, Texas, where the current oil boom plunged ...

3. Texas oil boom - Wikipedia

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   Fehrenbach, T. R. (2000). Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans. An enduring theme during and after the oil boom has been a reluctance among Texans to relinquish their identity and a stubbornness in maintaining their cultural heritage in the face of drastic changes to the state brought by the sudden wealth. Despite its growth and industrialization, Texas culture in the mid-20th century ...

4. Glossary of oilfield jargon - Wikipedia

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   Ginzel: Slang term for a worker of the lowest "rank", often a rookie with no oilfield experience whatsoever. Hanger: Refers to several different tools. The casing hanger is the portion of a wellhead assembly which provides support for the casing string when it is lowered into the wellbore. The liner hanger is used to hang casing liners (casing ...

5. Landman (oil worker) - Wikipedia

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   Landman (oil worker) A Landman or "Petroleum Landman"—in the United States and Canada —is an individual who performs various services for oil and gas exploration companies. [1] According to the website of the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL), these services include but are not limited to: negotiating for the acquisition ...

6. East Texas Oil Field - Wikipedia

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   The East Texas Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in east Texas. Covering 140,000 acres (57,000 ha) and parts of five counties, and having 30,340 historic and active oil wells, it is the second-largest oil field in the United States outside Alaska, and first in total volume of oil recovered since its discovery in 1930. [ 1 ]

7. Yates Oil Field - Wikipedia

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   The Yates Oil Field is a giant oil field in the Permian Basin of west Texas. Primarily in extreme southeastern Pecos County, it also stretches under the Pecos River and partially into Crockett County. Iraan, on the Pecos River and directly adjacent to the field, is the nearest town. The field has produced more than one billion barrels of oil ...