American Oil and Gas Reporter - January 2021 - 98

Texas Sees Growth In Industry Jobs
AUSTIN, TX.-After six consecutive
months of employment decline in the
Texas upstream oil and gas sector in 2020,
employment rose by 1,500 jobs in September compared with August, followed
by another gain of 600 positions in October,
the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty
Owners Association reports.
The December installment of TIPRO's
Texas Oil & Natural Gas Industry Hiring
and Workforce Trends Report examines
employment trends in the Texas upstream,
midstream and downstream sectors for September and October 2020, including job
postings, desired skills, qualifications, education and professional experience for applicants. TIPRO says information collected
in its report is utilized to advance legislative,
regulatory, educational and workforcerelated initiatives for the benefit of the oil
and gas industry and the Texas economy.
" Despite an unprecedented array of
challenges facing the Texas oil and natural
gas industry last year, the sector continued
to provide significant economic support
to the state and will continue to do so for
decades to come, " comments TIPRO Chairman Brent Hopkins, president and chief

executive officer of Suemaur Exploration
& Production LLC in Corpus Christi, Tx.
" As the industry continues to recover,
ensuring access to a qualified workforce
will be essential to its future, since the
industry will have to overcome two significant hurdles from an employment perspective, " Hopkins goes on. " First, the
combination of an ill-conceived price
war followed by the market destruction
of the COVID-19 pandemic has driven a
large number of the baby boomer generation out of the industry, many of which
will not return, thus expediting the 'great
crew change' that was underway already.
Second, the perception of a hydrocarbon-free future has driven enrollment at
the university level in disciplines critical
to our industry to new lows.
" Just to recover to the levels of production Texas achieved at the end of
2019 will require a lot of additional manpower, and more importantly, gray matter, "
he adds.
58,280 Total Jobs
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, there were 58,280 total job

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postings for the Texas oil and natural gas
industry in September and October, of
which 7,917 were unique, TIPRO says.
These numbers extended a posting intensity of 7-to-1, meaning that for every
seven postings, there was one unique job
listing, the association explains, adding
that this was close to the posting intensity
for all other occupations and companies
in the state (6-to-1), indicating average
effort toward hiring for these positions.
Meanwhile, there were 26,922 total
job postings for the Texas upstream sector
from September to October, of which
3,429 were unique, TIPRO continues.
These numbers show a posting intensity
of 8-to-1, which TIPRO says is higher
than the posting intensity for all other
occupations and companies in the region
(6-to-1), which typically indicates that
employers may be trying harder to hire
for positions in this sector.
The association notes that the increase
in job postings in September and October
corresponded with a slight uptick in the
Texas rig count and improving global
demand for oil and natural gas.
" As the state's leading association

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