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How to invest where the oil is - Thanks to $100 crude and a thriving regional economy, a new Africa and Middle East fund made 29% amid the fourth-quarter mess in the US.

Launched in September, the fund was ahead a stunning 29% by the end of 2007. And that's on a portfolio with 63% of its assets in the financial sector, which is withering in oil-consuming nations but prospering in the places where all that oil money is being sent. [Well log digitization, well log digitizing, well-logging digitizing services]

Croatian Oil Company INA selects ORTEC for Fleet Scheduling and Inventory Management - Oil company INA Industrija Nafte d.d. in Croatia has selected ORTEC’s route optimization system SHORTREC for optimal scheduling of her fleet. ORTEC’s demand forecasting and order generation tool ORION will be used to manage the inventory of INA’s petrol stations. INA is the first company in this region to make use of such advanced planning systems. [Well log digitization, well log digitizing, well-logging digitizing services]

BP to Cut 5,000 Jobs in Effort to Reduce Overhead by 15-20% - BP's CEO Tony Hayward held a press conference Feb. 5 to discuss the company's fourth quarter and full year results for 2007. Stating that 2007 was one that he and others at the company are happy to have left behind, he acknowledged that their 2007 financial results were less than stellar, falling 22% to $17.3 billion.

He revealed that BP's plan is to reduce corporate overhead by 15 to 20%. "We are starting from the top with fewer layers of management and smaller corporate infrastructure," he said. [Well log digitization, well log digitizing, well-logging digitizing services]

Rebates: What you need to know - Friday February 8, 5:33 pm ET

Adjusted gross income is not your annual salary. It's equal to gross income minus "above the line deductions," which are reported on page 1 of the 1040 tax form. Above-the-line deductions include deductible IRA contributions, alimony paid and, for the self-employed, some portion of money spent on health insurance or Social Security. [Well log digitization, well log digitizing, well-logging digitizing services]

Tax Rebate Winners and Losers - As soon as lawmakers in Washington, D.C., began talking about tax rebate checks in January, two big questions arose: Who will get the money and how much will they get?

Congress took a step toward satisfying our curiosity Feb. 7 with final passage of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (H.R. 5140). When President Bush makes it law with his signature this week, the IRS can begin setting up the system to get checks out to 130 million Americans. [Well log digitization, well log digitizing, well-logging digitizing services]

Home prices in steepest quarterly drop - Realtors say prices fell faster and in more places over last part of 2007.

NAR officials blamed the liquidity squeeze that began last summer for much of the drop. Home buyers had trouble obtaining mortgage financing, especially for more expensive properties. [Well log digitization, well log digitizing, well-logging digitizing services]

Geoscience Technician - Title: Geoscience Technician Description: Support a current staff of 3-4 oil and gas operations personnel and provide a technical function in exploration & production and mineral fee (minerals management) operations. Will also support a future staff of 3-4 additional geoscience and technical personnel, given planned future growth in our new office. Position will require the handling (i.e., database, edit, load, maintain and manage) of a wide variety of land, geological, geophysical, petrophysical and engineering/well data. Manage and maintain all components of enterprise GIS and oil and gas operations databases. Perform certain geological mapping and GIS analysis. Maintain and manage certain components of oil and gas data room (repository) by collecting, organizing and processing hard copy and digital land, geological, geophysical and engineering data using computer processing such as , SMT 2d/3dPAK, ESRI ArcGIS/ArcInfo/ArcView, IHS Energy PI/Dwight’s PLUS/PowerTools, Tobin... [Job List]

Geotech - Title: Geotech Description: Slawson Exploration Company, Inc., a 47-year-old privately held oil and gas exploration company, active in seven states with offices in Wichita, Houston, Denver, and Oklahoma City is seeking an experienced Geological/Geophysical Technician. The geotech will support a small exploration department in our Houston office. Required Experience: 5-20 years of U.S. Gulf Coast geotechnical experience along with a good understanding of Gulf Coast exploration geology and geophysics in the petroleum industry are required. Minimum 2 years recent experience with Geographix and/or SMT(Kingdom) data base management is required. Recent geoscience graduates with strong computer skills will be considered. This Job Requires the Follow Skills: Candidate will be required to scan and register maps and logs, load production and seismic data, import and export cultural and well data between Geographix and SMT. Additionally, the candidate will retrieve well information from a... [Job List]

EXPLORATION MANAGER / GEOSCIENTIST - Title: EXPLORATION MANAGER / GEOSCIENTIST Description: A rapidly growing public exploration and production company is looking to continue its growth through a series of strategic acquisitions and a technically sound development and exploration drilling program. The Company’s asset base is primarily made up of a series of onshore South Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast fields. The Senior Management team represents over 130 man years of experience and the company is looking to add a hands-on Exploration Manager. The company employs a 3-D seismic database with state-of-the-art interpretive software. The high-energy, collaborative work environment encourages the professional Geoscientist to freely generate lease acquisition recommendations and drilling opportunities with quick decision turnaround time. This position will be responsible for all of the Exploration and Development Geoscience activities of the Company and the role will be one of worker – leader. The perfect candidate will... [Job List]

Geoscientist - Title: Geoscientist Description: Growing Oklahoma company actively seeking to hire geologists/geophysicists to work at its Houston office or move to Oklahoma City. Applicants should have 3+ years of experience. Please email resume and contact information to: bbaggett@gulfportenergy.com Required Experience: Gulf Coast experience is a plus, but not necessary. Knowledge of drilling and production operations helpful. This Job Requires the Follow Skills: Applicant should know Discovery (GESExplorer) and SMT (Kingdom) software and have seismic interpretation skills go along with the software. Great working conditions, salary, benefits and bonus program. Education Required: B.S. in geoscience minimum. Planned Duration of Employment: Full Time Contact info: Becky Bagget (Add to Contacts) (405) 242-4460 ); document.write(bbaggett); document.write(@); document.write(gulfportenergy.com); document.write(); // end hiding contents --> Gulfport Energy Corp. 14313 N.... [Job List]