AUSTIN – Data released by the Texas Workforce Commission indicates that upstream oil and natural gas employment grew in June by 6,100 jobs from May, the highest monthly increase in data history, * surpassing the previous record growth of 5,600 jobs set in June of 2011.
Author: Ethan Riojas
Record-Breaking Job Growth in Texas Upstream Oil and Natural Gas Sector in June
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TXOGA Statement on Comptroller Hegar’s Increased Revenue Forecast
By Ethan Riojas
AUSTIN – Todd Staples, president of the Texas Oil & Gas Association, issued the following statement regarding Comptroller Hegar’s announcement that he revised the Certification Revenue Estimate upward, increasing his November estimate of General Revenue-related funds available for certification by $13.75 billion
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Production Taxes Paid by Texas Oil and Natural Gas Producers Break Records Again in June
By Ethan Riojas
AUSTIN – Texas Comptroller Glen Hegar’s recently released tax collections data reveals that Texas oil and natural gas producers continue to pay record amounts in production taxes to the State of Texas, reaching new highs in June.
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June: TXOGA Monthly Digest
By Ethan Riojas
June 30, 2022 Check out our Monthly Digest for June below to see how TXOGA was busy advocating for the Texas oil and natural gas industry: MONTHLY DIGEST | JUNE RECOMMENDED READING TXOGA Statement on Passing of Texas Oil Giant Curtis Mewbourne STEER celebrates decade of progress IEA: 2023 world oil demand to surpass pre-pandemic
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TXOGA Statement on UT Bureau of Economic Geology/TexNet Study
By Ethan Riojas
Todd Staples, president of the Texas Oil & Gas Association, issued the following statement regarding a study released by the UT Bureau of Economic Geology/TexNet on seismic activity in the Delaware Basin and its link to oil and gas operations
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TXOGA Statement on Passing of Texas Oil Giant Curtis Mewbourne
By Ethan Riojas
Texas and America lost a giant with the passing of Curtis Mewbourne, founder of Mewbourne Oil Company, which started as a small independent oil company and grew into one of the largest privately owned oil and gas companies in the country. Mr. Mewbourne’s leadership in the oil and natural gas industry is legendary.