ISIS Posts Job Ad, Looks For Oil Manager
ISIS, which recently had captured two gas fields in Syria, is on the lookout for a manager to run its oil refineries. The salary is a whopping £140,000 (AU$257,000) a year, according to reports.
According to the Times, the ISIS group is experiencing low income turnout recently because of a string of accidents at its Iraqi oilfields that it captured in June. To address the situation, they reportedly posted a job offer ad for a manager. The person will not only run their refineries but must also ensure the revival of their once-lucrative oil business.
Robin Mills from Dubai consultancy Manaar Energy confirmed to the Times the presence of such posting. "They are trying to recruit skilled professionals who are ideologically suitable." He believed, however, that no person, let alone an industry expert, will work for ISIS. While admitting the £140,000 (AU$257,000) a year was good, it still isn't good enough. The candidate "would expect to earn a lot more than that."
When it captured one of Iraq's North Oil Company's many oil fields, it was believed the ISIS "coerced the staff, threatening to kill their families" so they will continue to produce oil despite the sudden change in administration. But as the fighting continued, staff naturally drifted away for their personal safety. Now it's them who are looking for skilled professionals to work out the operations of the oil refinery.
The blood hungry ISIS militants have captured at least 12 oilfields in Iraq and Syria since June. They have been selling the oil in the black market to come up with money. It is believed the oil is bought by tanker trucks.
In October, the United States threatened to slap sanctions to parties found buying the ISIS' illegally-seized oil. The ISIS is believed to be earning $800 million per year or $2 million daily, selling its oil to the blackmarket. Each barrel is sold even at half the price pegged in the world market, between $25 and $60 each. Just three months ago, ISIS captured the largest oilfield in Syria that has a capacity to produce 75,000 barrels a day.