BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An oil and gas trade group has ended a recruitment program that brought Ukrainians from their war-torn country to North Dakota’s oil field to fill jobs. The North Dakota Petroleum Council shelved the Bakken Global Recruitment of Oilfield Workers program after placing about 60 Ukrainians with 16 employers from July to November 2023, the group’s president, Ron Ness, said. The North Dakota Petroleum Council presented the program as a workforce and humanitarian solution amid a labor shortage in North Dakota and the war in Ukraine. They will still be able to live and work in North Dakota, he said. Some of the Ukrainian workers have brought family members to North Dakota.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 09, 2024 17:48 UTC