It's nice to know we're needed.. Management consulting firm Oliver Wyman says roughly eight in 10 global oil and gas companies forecast a shortage of petroleum engineers through at least 2011. The American Petroleum Institute said U.S. energy companies will need at least another 5,000 engineers by decade's end. In Houston, home to scores of exploration, engineering and services companies, simply check the classified ads: Row upon row of job listings for engineers at ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil Corp. and numerous others.
The cost of cremation typically ranges from $2,000 to $4,000 if arranged through a funeral home and from $1,500 to $3,000 if arranged directly through a crematory.
A traditional funeral can cost in the region of $10,000 (when you include cemetery fees). The National Funeral Directors Associationâs survey of 2012 posited the average cost of a funeral in the U.S. at $7,045 (without any cemetery charges). Yet a cremation service will cost in the region of $3,000 â $4,000.It doesnât take much to work out why our nation is turning to cremation!he National Funeral Directors Associationâs survey of 2012 posited the average cost of a funeral in the U.S. at $7,045 (without any cemetery charges). Yet a cremation service will cost in the region of $3,000 â $4,000. It doesnât take much to work out why our nation is turning to cremation!