The natural gas industry has changed the career path for Cory May, 23, standing next to pump jacks at a storage facility in Zanesville, Ohio. After completing an 80-hour shale exploration certification course, the Marine combat veteran got a job cementing wells for Halliburton that will pay $60,000 to $70,000 a year. (Associated Press)
An oil containment boom is laid out in the waters of Treasure Pass near Yscloskey, La., on Saturday, July 31, 2010. Onshore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on one another finally to plug the environmental disaster. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)
