Lost generation of oil workers leaves few options for next boom
Companies today are more judicious with layoffs as they try to keep seasoned technical staff
New York
THE oil industry is fighting a generation gap.
Already contending with a global price slump, US explorers are also grappling with the demographic hangover of the last great industry downturn in the 1980s, when scores of drillers went out of business. That rout drove a generation away from the business, leaving a shortage of workers in their late 30s to 50s today just as companies try to replace the Baby Boomers who make up much of senior management.
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