The Texas oil and gas pipeline sector supported more than 238,000 high paying jobs and contributed more than $48.6 billion to the state in 2019, according to a Texas Tech University study.

The report, by Tech’s Center for Energy Commerce at the Rawls College of Business, was commissioned by the Austin, TX-based Texas Pipeline Association (TPA) industry group. The authors found that the pipe systems contributed $29.3 billion to gross state product (GSP) and more than $2.7 billion to state and local government revenues.

Texas counties typically receive an estimated $12,350 in property taxes a year from pipelines in their respective jurisdictions from those government funds, said the report.

“Texas pipelines are an essential component of our energy infrastructure,” TPA...