The following excerpt from an article written by Bill Graveland (The Canadian Press) touched base on some of Calgary’s companies that are looking for some opportunities outside of Canada for their technologies. This is exactly what one Calgary company has done developing projects in many areas of the world while providing Albertans with jobs in Alberta and abroad.
We all know that we are in the worst economic down turn in years, with oil patch workers taking a huge loss in respect to their jobs. However, there is great potential for the creation of new jobs within the environmental sector from Alberta based companies. Although the new technology contracts will be based out of different countries, the majority of the workers developing and implementing these technologies will be Alberta based. With the arrival of the Saudi Aramco official to Calgary, this could potentially open the door for many new jobs in Alberta. If more companies jump on board this could help alleviate some of the job loss issues we are currently facing and place Alberta as a global leader in environmental technologies.
“With a worldwide recession continuing to deepen and large multinational energy companies continuing to scale back, there might be “billions of dollars” in opportunities for Canadian businesses possessing environmental technology.An official with Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company by production and reserves, is spending the next few days in Calgary on a drive to recruit companies that might be willing to invest their environmental technology know-how in Saudi Arabia.
“In the environmental area — the recession will never hit especially in a country like Saudi Arabia where the environment is essential,” said Ramzi Hejazi, general supervisor for the state-run oil giant’s environmental engineering division.
“We need to ensure our water is clean and if there is any contamination we need to clean it. Water, oil and soil those are essential things so the government has made sure that the environment will play role number one,” he added.
Hejazi, who made a presentation to about 20 business leaders yesterday, said there are 11 refineries in Saudi Arabia and Saudi Aramco has more than 100 facilities that need constant supervision.”
To read the full article please visit: Saudi oil giant recruiting green Calgary firms
