PaRtY 2010 -s'long Barry
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they were talking about ways to kill them.
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In Louisiana, analysts have estimated that 11,000 people will be laid off by the end of this year if 33 deepwater rigs, now either unable to operate in the Gulf or working on temporary relief and re-work wells, can't resume work in the next year. Michelle Foss, chief energy economist at the University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences, fears that could get much worse if white-collar, shoreside jobs start getting cut in Houston.
She said that in a worst-case scenario, in which all 33 rigs leave the Gulf for foreign accounts, more than 100,000 jobs could be lost, with lawyers, accountants and engineers laid off with the rig workers, crane operators and deck hands.
"From Houston, it's a lot easier to see the white-collar job impacts," Foss said. "Drive from downtown, where many of the E&P (exploration and production) offices are, west on I-10, past Conoco, Shell, Technip, Wood, etc., etc., etc. Pretty easy to understand how the CEOs get so gloomy so fast."
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In Louisiana, analysts have estimated that 11,000 people will be laid off by the end of this year if 33 deepwater rigs, now either unable to operate in the Gulf or working on temporary relief and re-work wells, can't resume work in the next year. Michelle Foss, chief energy economist at the University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences, fears that could get much worse if white-collar, shoreside jobs start getting cut in Houston.
She said that in a worst-case scenario, in which all 33 rigs leave the Gulf for foreign accounts, more than 100,000 jobs could be lost, with lawyers, accountants and engineers laid off with the rig workers, crane operators and deck hands.
"From Houston, it's a lot easier to see the white-collar job impacts," Foss said. "Drive from downtown, where many of the E&P (exploration and production) offices are, west on I-10, past Conoco, Shell, Technip, Wood, etc., etc., etc. Pretty easy to understand how the CEOs get so gloomy so fast."