（彭博社）“随着页岩油运营商争夺工人以保持生产流动，美国石油行业的失业率骤降至有记录以来的最低水平之一。
周五公布的政府数据显示，未经调整的失业率从上月的 2.5% 降至 10 月份的 0.8%。相比之下，一年前失业率为 10%，与 7 月份设定的水平相符。
油田劳动力短缺一直是阻碍产量增长的最大障碍之一。包括哈里伯顿公司在内的一些压裂服务提供商必须雇用船员来为其车队配备人员，因此不得不从美国其他地区转移劳动力才能在各个页岩油田开展业务。
Liberty Energy Inc. 首席执行官 Chris Wright 称这是自该油田服务公司 2011 年成立以来最困难的招聘市场。
与此同时，石油生产商因增加产量而受到包括总统乔·拜登在内的政界人士的批评。拜登猛烈抨击企业的美元利润，并誓言要征收所谓的暴利税，因为政府试图转移对加油站高油价的指责。
上个月美国石油和天然气行业就业人数总计135,600人，比今年7月份的峰值下降了3.5%。
(Bloomberg) – Unemployment in the US oil industry plummeted to one of the lowest levels on record as shale operators scramble for workers to keep production flowing.
The jobless rate fell to 0.8% in October from 2.5% in the prior month on an unadjusted basis, government figures released Friday show. That compares with an unemployment rate of 10% a year ago and matches the level set in July.
Labor shortages in the oilfield have been one of the biggest hurdles holding back production growth. Some frac-service providers including Halliburton Co., who must hire crew members to staff their fleets, are having to transfer labor from other US regions in order to operate in various shale fields.
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Chris Wright, chief executive officer for Liberty Energy Inc., has called this the most difficult hiring market since the oilfield service company was launched in 2011.
At the same time, oil producers are under fire from politicians, including President Joe Biden, to increase output. Biden has slammed companies for their dollar profits and has vowed to impose a so-called windfall tax as the administration tries to deflect blame for high fuel prices at the pump.
The number of workers employed in US oil and gas jobs totaled 135,600 last month, down 3.5% from this year’s peak in July.