Texas Posts 15,000+ Industry Jobs During Jan-Feb

From January through February, there were 90,718 total job postings for the Texas oil and natural gas industry, of which 15,375 were unique.
That’s according to a new report by the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO), which revealed that the crude petroleum extraction sector posted the highest number of open positions during the period (3,980).
The petroleum refinery sector posted the second highest number of open positions at 2,616 and the oil and gas field machinery and equipment manufacturing sector came in third with 1,752 unique job posts.
Houston was the Texas city that posted the highest number of open industry positions at 4,973, according to the report, with Midland coming in second with 1,019 unique job posts and San Antonio coming in third with 684 unique job posts.
According to a previous report by TIPRO, The U.S. oil and gas industry employed 880,681 people in 2018. Texas alone employed 352,371 people in the industry and had the highest oil and gas payroll in the country last year ($46 billion), the report highlighted.
Earlier this week, Todd Staples, president of the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA), stated that the oil and natural gas industry employed “over 348,000” Texans in 2018.
Staples also highlighted that the Texas oil and gas industry paid more than $14 billion in state and local taxes and state royalties in 2018 and represented 29 percent of Texas’ gross state product.
“No matter where you live in Texas, the Texas oil and natural gas industry benefits you, and it does so in a greater capacity than you might realize,” Staples said in a statement published on the TXOGA website.
TIPRO describes itself as one of the country's largest oil and gas trade associations and the “strongest” advocacy group representing both independents and royalty owners in Texas. TXOGA describes itself as a statewide trade association representing “every facet of the Texas oil and gas industry including small independents and major producers”.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Generated by readers, the comments included herein do not reflect the views and opinions of Rigzone. All comments are subject to editorial review. Off-topic, inappropriate or insulting comments will be removed.
- Oil Sands Give OPEC a Boost
- SLB, CVX, MSFT in Carbon Negative Bioenergy Project
- Saudis Bet Against Return of USA Shale Glory Days
- Offshore Project Commitments Set for Record Boost
- Shearwater Wins Offshore Australia 3D Survey
- Analysts React to OPEC+ Meeting
- Fuel Demand Fizzles in Key USA Export Markets
- Conoco COO Retires
- Exxon Cutting Hundreds of Workers in Singapore
- Qatar Petroleum Awards Major EPC Deal
- API Mulls Embrace of Carbon Pricing
- Aramco Donates $1MM to Texas After Storm Uri
- BP Appoints New UK Head and Europe SVP
- Houthis Claim Strike on Aramco Oil Depot
- DOE Announces New Senior Leadership Appointees
- Tethys Hits Hydrocarbons Onshore Oman
- Oil Sands Give OPEC a Boost
- Qatar Petroleum Greenlights $29B LNG Project
- Total Bolsters Renewable Portfolio with Texas Buys
- How Many US GOM Jobs Could Go Under Biden?
- How Many US Oil Jobs Were Lost in 2020?
- Ng Spurns Keystone XL Nafta Challenge
- Could Biden Order Kill GOM Oil and Gas?
- Texas Governor Addresses Skyrocketing Energy Bills
- US Sees Largest Production Disruption Ever
- Conoco COO Retires
- Biden Jobs Assurances Backfire with Oil and Mining Workers