INDUSTRY NETWORKING SESSION with
Cheryl Knight, Executive Director & CEO
Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada

Date: Thursday, November 25, 2004
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Ms. Cheryl Knight provided in-depth information on the Petroleum industry and employment demands in Calgary and Alberta.

The Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada was formed in 2001 as a collaborative forum that addresses human resource issues within the upstream petroleum industry. Alberta is responsible for 79% of Canadian gas production and 65% of Canadian oil production. With rising project sustainability implications, the Petroleum HR Council conducts research and analysis of the upstream industry in Canada, including areas in Alberta. They strive to develop programs and products that will meet industry needs as well as to provide employers and professionals with up-to-date information on HR and labour market issues.

Their report The Strategic Human Resources Study of the Upstream Petroleum Industry: The Decade Ahead identifies:

. Workforce demographics
. Skills and competency requirements
. Occupational supply and demand
. Human resources challenges

Highlights of the report and presentation:

1. There are 4 regions of petroleum production in Canada:
a. Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
b. Oil Sands
c. North
d. East Coast

2. 87% of industry engineers are employed in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (most sites located in Alberta)

3. 33% of engineers currently employed in the upstream industry will be eligible for retirement by 2012

4. It is predicted that by 2012, the Oil Sands will require twice the current number of engineers

5. The upstream industry employs engineers from the mechanical, petroleum, industrial, geological, electrical, instrumentation and chemical disciplines

6. Some occupations in demand in the next 10 years:
*Electrical Engineers
*Instrumentation Engineer/Technicians
*Stationary Engineers
*Quality Assurance Analysts
*Technical Engineers: Process, Mechanical, Chemical, Mining, Geotechnical, Environmental

The publication is available in the DITPC resource centre, or may be viewed on line: http://www.petrohrsc.ca/pdf/finalreport_april2004.pdf

For further information:

The Petroleum HR Council
Suite 410, 800 � 6th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 3G3
Tel: (403) 537 � 1230
Fax: (403) 537 � 1232
Email: info@petrohrsc.ca
Website: www.petrohrsc.ca