For those of you in the Petrochem field...

[Hopedale Hustler]

Is there like some kind of a hiring hold...i just completed school and now cant pay somebody to hire me...it seems like the whole field is like this and is very frustrating....

[eman]

It's not just the petro / chem field. construction sucks right now too

[Zachary Boy]

Originally Posted by eman

It's not just the petro / chem field. construction sucks right now too

Add home improvement to that list.

[Hopedale Hustler]

Ya I shoulda put petro chem and construction man it's horrible I hope it picks up soon like some time in 2011 atleast

[southern151]

Give it about another 3 weeks or so and the turnarounds will start to kick off. Traditionally, Dec and Jan are very slow times in industrial construction.

[specktator]

Everything oilfield related is extremely slow. Oil prices are very high. Hopefully they start to recede very soon and it should pick back up.

[evis102]

Originally Posted by specktator

Everything oilfield related is extremely slow. Oil prices are very high. Hopefully they start to recede very soon and it should pick back up.

High oil prices make Louisiana boom. If oil stays at $100 a barrel Louisiana will take off.

[specktator]

Originally Posted by evis102

High oil prices make Louisiana boom. If oil stays at $100 a barrel Louisiana will take off.

Maybe in your line of work but in my line of work, selling/hauling wholesale gas and diesel, when oil prices are high no one is buying. They are watching the stock market daily waiting for price of oil to make a drop and then they order. Prices change everyday at 6pm.

[duckman444]

Not that good. I work for turner and it is SLOW. We got conoco in belle chasse kicking off in about a week or so. Then nothing till march. Huntsman in port arther has a two week squat. Then who knows. It is bad. Shell Norco ain't got nothing no time soon and Motiva convents turn around they just had was a joke. It's gotta get better. I am happy I am full time. If u get or got a job right now hold on to it and thank god.

[cricket]

i Work for Citgo and the best info i can give you is try to get as much experience as you can. We are starting up alot of turnarounds starting this week actually. As for getting hired for the company you'll just have to hang in there. From now to the next five years or so the baby boomers will start to retire and as long as the stock market holds out. Keep looking in the paper and on companys web sites.

[SULPHITE]

Originally Posted by cricket

i Work for Citgo and the best info i can give you is try to get as much experience as you can. We are starting up alot of turnarounds starting this week actually. As for getting hired for the company you'll just have to hang in there. From now to the next five years or so the baby boomers will start to retire and as long as the stock market holds out. Keep looking in the paper and on companys web sites.

I was about to say CITGO is about to be booming...look for Conoco LC too

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by cricket

i Work for Citgo and the best info i can give you is try to get as much experience as you can. We are starting up alot of turnarounds starting this week actually. As for getting hired for the company you'll just have to hang in there. From now to the next five years or so the baby boomers will start to retire and as long as the stock market holds out. Keep looking in the paper and on companys web sites.

I was talking to a hunting buddy that works there. He said that after this weekend, he may not get away from the plant to make anymore hunts this year.

[YellaBlazer]

Originally Posted by duckman444

Not that good. I work for turner and it is SLOW. We got conoco in belle chasse kicking off in about a week or so. Then nothing till march. Huntsman in port arther has a two week squat. Then who knows. It is bad. Shell Norco ain't got nothing no time soon and Motiva convents turn around they just had was a joke. It's gotta get better. I am happy I am full time. If u get or got a job right now hold on to it and thank god.

Are you on-site @ Conoco?

[outcast]

I work for Total Petrochemicals in Carville. We have a turnaround scheduled for October this year. 55 day mechanical. its gonna be a big one. Turner provides the manpower.

[outcast]

also we are starting to hire again for the company. Lot of people are starting to retire. go to the LA Works website. alot of the plants go through there to do their hiring

[Hopedale Hustler]

ya i have been to turner specialty, capitol ultrasonics, team industrial, and acuren all today and all the same story....turner and team actually may have something but i highly doubt it...turner has a huge turnaround coming up supposidly..and team has one in the end of Feb for like 65 days..dont know what plants....i didnt think it was gonna be this hard after skool but i guess i was wrong...im just thankful that God has blessed me over the past few weeks.

[southern151]

Hey, I know a guy who works at Team, two actually. The office manager and assistant. manager. I did some work for them last year and may be able to help you. What again is your training in?

[Hopedale Hustler]

southern let me know if u got that PM it was sent form my iphone..so im not sure..

[southern151]

No pm here HH. I'll pm you my cell now.

[duckman444]

I was insite today reinstalling three bundles. But I just got home. They were just maintenance bundles. I'll be staying down there for the turn around though. I am a extractor operator for turner specialty services.