The very nature of work in the oil and natural gas industry is changing.
While roughnecks and roustabouts and other blue collar workers still sweat in the field in flame-retardant overalls and boots, a new cohort of tech workers report to the office in jeans, hoodies and designer shoes.
With crude oil prices stuck in the $50 per barrel range, drilling activity is down and energy companies are making a major to push to digitize and automate operations as a means to reduce costs.
Read full story at Houston Chronicle – Photo as posted on Houston Chronicle ( Floor hands Jose Garza, left, Jose Salinas, center, and Omar Cano make a pipe connection on Orion Drilling Co.’s Perseus drilling rig near Encinal in Webb County, Texas.Photo: Eddie Seal / Bloomberg )