Friday, August 22, 2025
Roughnecks at drill site.

Shale Efficiency Did an End Run Around a Permian Job Boom

Why hasn’t the Permian boom generated a boom for Texas oil and gas jobs? From the Dallas Morning News Texas added barely any oil and gas jobs last year even as the state continued to dominate the industry, according to a report released Monday. The Texas industry employed 325,439 or about 39 percent of those jobs nationwide, according to the Texas