ISIS is on the lookout for a skilled professional to manage its failing oil refineries and has been using black-market agents to advertise the $225,000 ($NZ290,000) post. The terrorist organisation is said to have captured 11 oil fields in Iraq and Syria during its campaign of terror and was predicted by oil-industry insiders to be making around $NZ4m per day. But a string of fatal accidents and trade bans have seen its profits drop drastically. Reports surfaced last year of the group threatening to kill employees' families if they didn't comply with ISIS demands on their rigs. Robin Mills, at Manaar Energy, a consultancy firm in Dubai, has confirmed the reports but believes ISIS will struggle to attract the best staff with the pay packet they are offering. "The money is good, but it's not that good. A western oil exec posted to Iraq right now, let alone working for ISIS, would expect to earn a lot more than that." It's believed ISIS has also struggled to attract big buyers for its oil. Matthew Reed, a Washington-based oil analyst in the Middle East, told CBC News last month: 'No big traders, no serious companies are going to fool around with that oil. "That oil is essentially radioactive at this point. No one wants to touch it."
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