China is looking for workers with engineering or technical skills or otherwise able to provide specialty energy services to a country experiencing explosive economic growth and zealously seeking the energy to fuel it.The Chinese government in 1982 adopted international codes and standards and enabled foreign enterprises to collaborate in oil and gas exploitation. Since then, these companies have contributed to complex projects, specialty work, onshore fabrication, and offshore installations.In the 1980s, there were few qualified Chinese engineering, procurement, and construction contractors. They came from Japan-“even welders for welding jackets and platforms,” said CNOOC Engi...