Congressman Cuellar Discusses Eagle Ford Shale Job Opportunities
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Jan 12, 2012 at 11:28 PM CDT
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Jan 13, 2012
Well it's something that's been seen around the area for a while now, the Eagle Ford Shale drilling areas.
Tonight there was a meeting with vendors and other city officials to discuss the opportunities of tomorrow's job fair.
"San Antonio, an area I represent has done extremely well so I just wanted to make sure our area was not left out."
When deciding to organize an eagle ford shale job fair, Congressman Henry Cuellar says he had two main goals. One to get people jobs and also for small businesses to get connected. He says he recently read a report that projects Laredo to be at the top of the list when it comes to employment.
"I saw a report that came out that says Laredo in the next 10 years will be the number one producer of jobs in the state of Texas."
A representative of the Texas Workforce Commission says he is hopeful this will supply jobs to those who need them now and in the future.
"It represents jobs for every drill..Every rig that goes up, there are jobs tied to that, tied to completion, tied to production."
Alcantar says the eagle ford shale covers a large area, which is why companies expect to be around for a while.
"What we hear from companies is a long term play. They anticipate drilling to go on at a high peak for a number of years."
In fact, Congressman Cuellar says there will be jobs for decades.
"This is something that will producing jobs for many years in the future, some estimates are 40-50 years which is an incredible boom for our area."
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.. said on Friday, Jan 13 at 12:46 AM
thank you Congressman for inventing natural gas and drilling rigs and placing that gas here in our area, oh and thank the almighty "Pelosi Galore" for inventing you
79805634Anonymous said on Friday, Jan 13 at 4:40 PM
At least all those toxic chemicals pumped into the rigs will go DOWNSTREAM and not affect us. Brownsville, however, is a different story. :P
79842939joke said on Saturday, Jan 14 at 10:34 AM
the job fair was a joke too many people and then we were told to apply on line once thats done to call them and set up an interview. some recruiters were rude like they didnt want to be there.
79870189Bobby said on Monday, Jan 16 at 12:16 AM
Congresmen Cuellar, Mayor Salinas, to all city , county, state federal officials . How are you all responsible for this oil boom?
79932884Kim Jong Un said on Monday, Jan 16 at 6:34 PM
They have heavenly powers (like I do)and all they had to do was stomp on the ground three times and lo and behold oil and gas!I taught them that.
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