OIL SECTOR OFFERS PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINED NURSES.

BY ROBERT STOKES, IN EDINBURGH; LEAH GERMAIN, IN EDMONTON; AND PAUL COCHRANE, IN BEIRUT AS the price of oil continues to rise and the demand for the valuable commodity increases worldwide, oil and gas companies are making major profits - yet this industry remains one where safety issues and hard physical work can cause injury. Hence oil and gas companies employ nurses to work alongside their drillers and heavy machine operators. At one of the world's largest oil reserves, the Athabasca oil sands deposit in northeastern Alberta Canada, several of the world's ...


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