A tip, NOT from the media! Watch happenings in the natural gas industry
All those things you learned in the petroleum engineering training will now be beneficial. There has been a new development in the liquification of natural gas, LNG, gogle TASHE-OPTR to read about it. In Brazil, where Praxair has developed the process, and ALL their vehicles don't run on petrochemical fuels, they use this to produce LNG to deliver by truck to areas without a pipeline service. Since pipelines are a big regulatory deal in the US, it is likely this process will continue to catch on as fuel costs drive vehicle fleets to convert to LNG power. First test case was in WV. While there are already over 1000 LNG refueling stations along interstate highways now, thousands need to be built - sound like jobs? One company has planned to build 150 in the Central Atlantic area by end of 2012. Fracking has made NG so plentiful, that it has instantly become the probable savior of the US energy independence from oil.
I'm working to get the new nuclear workers trained up for the two first plant to be built in US, you do your part and take on bringing the energy industry up to date.
Plenty of work there!