（彭博社）“美国石油领域的劳动力短缺全年困扰着勘探和生产公司，而且紧张状况仍在持续。

根据劳工部周五发布的一份报告，尽管该行业 11 月份的失业率在未经调整的基础上从上个月的 0.8% 跃升至 3.1%，但仍远低于长期平均水平。一年前，失业率为 8.6%，原因是石油需求非常疲弱，疫情导致产出停滞，许多工人因此而失业。

美国页岩油行业的劳动力短缺是今年阻碍产量增长的最大障碍之一。拜登政府一再呼吁在能源成本上涨的情况下提高产量的运营商经常表示，他们无法找到足够的工人来钻新井。

11 月份美国石油和天然气行业就业人数总计 135,700 人，连续第三个月小幅攀升，但仍低于今年 7 月份的峰值。

能源劳动力市场的紧张反映了更广泛经济的趋势。但更广泛的采矿业和伐木业（根据劳工部的分类，包括石油和天然气）在恢复大流行造成的失业方面是最落后的，比 2020 年 2 月下降了 6.9%。

(Bloomberg) — The short supply of labor in the U.S. oil patch has plagued exploration and production companies all year, and the tightness continues.

While the sector’s unemployment rate jumped to 3.1% in November from 0.8% in the prior month on an unadjusted basis, it’s still well below the long-term average, according to a Labor Department report released Friday. A year-ago, the jobless rate was 8.6% as many workers were sidelined due to the pandemic stalling output amid very weak oil demand.

Labor shortages in U.S. shale have been one of the biggest hurdles holding back production growth this year. Operators, who have faced repeated calls from the Biden administration to boost production amid rising energy costs, routinely cite their inability to find enough workers to drill new wells.

The number of workers employed in U.S. oil and gas jobs totaled 135,700 in November, climbing modestly for a third straight month, but still down from this year’s peak in July.

The tightness in the energy labor markets replicates trends in the wider economy. But the broader mining and logging industry — which includes oil and gas, according to the Labor Department’s classification — is the farthest behind of any sector in recovering its pandemic job losses, down 6.9% from February 2020.