oil and gas jobs

U.S. oilfield services (OFS) employment in June continued to hit post-pandemic highs, but jobs edged up by only 45 last month, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data by the Energy Workforce & Technology Council.  Total OFS jobs inched up to 665,258 jobs in June, closer to the 706,528 jobs in…

Upstream oil and gas employment in Texas continued to grow in November, with the sector adding 2,600 jobs versus October, data from the Texas Workforce Commission show. October’s gain also was revised upward to 3,100 from the original estimate of 2,800, said the Texas Oil and Gas Association (TXOGA) in its monthly summary of the…

“We firmly believe that Mexico can take much better advantage of its national natural gas basins to compensate for the imports and at the same time attend to the increased demand for natural gas,” Juan Manuel Delgado, President of Mexico’s Hydrocarbon Companies Association, AMEXHI, told NGI’s Mexico GPI.  “Mexico has to make a change to…

Direct upstream natural gas and oil industry employment in Texas for May was down 1,400 jobs from April, the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners (TIPRO) reported last week. TIPRO, which uses U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data to tally its monthly upstream employment figures, said the Lone Star State’s direct job count was 188,700…

Upstream investments from Ohio’s natural gas and oil producers rebounded at the beginning of last year, making up the lion’s share of the $2.3 billion spent in the Utica Shale in the first six months of 2021. JobsOhio recently released an update to its Shale Investment Dashboard, noting producers spent about $2.2 billion during the…