Event News

Facilitating at the Global Petroleum Career Expo, 10 – 12 June 2008, Calgary, Canada | 17 Jun, 2008

The inaugural Global Petroleum Career Exposition was held June 10 - 12 2008, in conjunction with Global Petroleum Show (GPS) - the world’s largest oil and gas event. Gathering over 5,000 oil and gas professionals, the Global Petroleum Career Exposition set the standard for high-profile, quality job searching and recruiting.

Worldwideworker.com facilitated in organizing the participation for to this event for ENI International Resources, Hunt Oil Company, Maersk Oil and Santos.

Michael French, Manager of Worldwideworker’s Houston office, took the stage for a 20 min presentation on the skilled people shortage in the Industry and it’s effect of global recruitment activities.

Worldwideworker.com Recruitment Event at the EAGE, 9 – 12 June 2008, Rome, Italy | 16 Jun, 2008

The 70th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2008 in Rome has been a success in terms of number and quality of papers and an attendance of almost 5800 participants. In total 296 companies were represented at the international exhibition.

Addax Petroleum and Worldwideworker.com both participated in the EAGE Job Center.

Worldwideworker.com Recruitment Event at the OTC, 5 – 8 May 2008, Houston, Texas, USA | 10 May, 2008

Attendance at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) reached 75,092, a 26-year high, as energy professionals from 110 countries met to learn about the latest technology to find and produce offshore oil and natural gas resources. Attendance increased 11 percent from 2007. With more than one-half million square feet of exhibition area, the show included 2,500 companies from more than 35 countries in an area the size of 13 football fields.

"OTC is where offshore energy professionals come to learn about innovative approaches to overcoming technical challenges as we drill in deeper waters. Technology will be crucial to delivering affordable and sustainable energy for the future. OTC offers the chance to share knowledge about getting resources in harsher and more extreme conditions, and to discuss important industry issues," said Don Vardeman, 2008 OTC chairman.

This setting has proven to be highly successful for our Worldwideworker Recruitment Event to be present on the Exhibition floor. In today’s candidate driven market many Oil & Gas professionals are curious to see what they are worth and what other opportunities there are.
Eni International Resources Ltd., Addax Petroleum, Petronas Carigali, Hunt Oil Company, WorleyParsons, Maersk Oil and Repsol USA have all had the excellent opportunity to meet with many skilled Oil & Gas professionals during the OTC.

The 2009 OTC takes place May 5-7, 2009, at Reliant Center at Reliant Park. For more information on the Worldwideworker Recruitment Event during the OTC 2009, please contact Mrs. Florence Card at card@worldwideworker.com

Worldwideworker.com Recruitment Event at the AAPG, 20 – 23 April 2008, San Antonio, Texas, USA | 27 Apr, 2008

Our Recruitment Event at the AAPG 20 – 23 April in San Antonio, Texas, USA was a big success. There were over 7200 visitors and there was a vibrant ‘buzz’ on the exhibition floor. Our clients Addax Petroleum, Hunt Oil Company and Maersk Oil were all happy with the amount and quality of the people they met during the show.

The Worldwideworkers from the Houston office reported a good interest for our services from exhibitors who were not familiar with us yet, and our Wall of Opportunities was a big hit again. So if your company is looking for Geologists, Geoscientists, Reservoir Engineers and other professionals in the Oil & Gas Exploration industry, come with us to the AAPG 2009!

For information on our Recruitment events and rates contact Mrs. Florence Card at card@worldwideworker.com

Worldwideworker.com at Offshore Asia, 17 – 19 March 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 23 Mar, 2008

Offshore Asia 2008 sets record attendance at the third annual conference and exhibition dedicated to Asia’s offshore oil and gas industry, held 17-19 March 2008 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The event attracted 5,000 participants from 57 countries – a dramatic 120% increase in attendance from the event’s last staging in Kuala Lumpur and a record high for its three-year history. Just under one third of total attendees visiting the show were from outside Malaysia.

Worldwideworker.com did not bring any clients along to recruit on the show site this time. We set out to grow our database with many talented Asian Oil & Gas professionals and to grow our business opportunities in this part of the world. The show has proven to be a great success, and we feel confident in offering our clients the opportunity to come along with us next year, as you will definitely find great talent at Offshore Asia!