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‘People aren’t coming back’: Canadian oil patch faces labor problem as oil prices recover (Financial Post)

May 25, 2017

After years of being a magnet for job seekers, drilling and equipment providers in Canada’s oil patch are finding it a tough sell to lure workers back to Alberta’s gravel roads and remote camps after massive job cuts in the past years, the Financial Post reports. “We’re firing up more rigs, we’re firing up more frack spreads, and we need more crews and more equipment, but those extra people aren’t coming back,” said Mark Salkeld, president of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada.