Where Oil Experts Come From.

The article focuses on the significance of a large and steady supply of petroleum graduates from resource-rich and developing nations to industrywide labor shortage and its implication for developed countries. The U.S., Canada and Europe produced about 4,000 petroleum graduates compared with 6,000 graduates in other nations in 2000. Many of the 6,000 graduates prefer to join their national firms instead of Western oil companies. Also mentioned is the positive image of the energy industry to young people outside the U.S. and Europe.