Up to 200,000 Oil & Gas workers wanted.

Process & Mechanical Engineers: 18,000 to 25,000

Instrument & Electrical Technicians: 20,000 to 30,000

Offshore & Onshore Drilling Crews: 15,000 to 22,000

Heavy Lift & Rigging Specialists: 10,000 to 15,000

HSE Officers: 8,000 to 12,000

EPC Project Managers: 5,000 to 8,000 Shutdown & Turnaround Coordinators: 5,000 to 8,000

Commissioning Engineers: 6,000 to 10,000

Subsea & Pipeline Engineers: 3,500 to 6,000

Inspection & Integrity Engineers: 4,000 to 6,000

LNG Process Specialists: 4,000 to 7,000

Today’s announcement is a starting gun not a finish line.

The Strait being open allows tankers to move again, but the infrastructure itself is severely damaged.

What follows will be one of the largest peacetime oil and gas reconstruction programmes in history.

For experienced oil and gas contractors especially those with Middle East track records, LNG credentials, or EPC management experience this is potentially the most significant demand event for the profession in a generation.

The bidding war has begun.​​​​​​​​​

Will you be on the next plane out of Aberdeen ?

These figures are just estimates but whatever the real numbers it all adds up to a massive shortage of qualified Oil & Gas contractors