April 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. oilfield services and
equipment sector added 2,907 jobs in March, bringing the sector
closer to pre-pandemic levels, according to a report released on
Tuesday by the Energy Workforce & Technology Council, an
industry trade group.
That marks an almost 7% increase from a year ago, taking the
number of jobs in the sector to 656,368 in March, compared to
706,528 in February 2020, the report said, citing preliminary
data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
U.S. energy firms last week cut the number of oil and
natural gas rigs operating for a second week in a row, energy
services firm Baker Hughes Co said in its closely
followed report on Thursday.
(Reporting by Deep Vakil in Bengaluru
Editing by Chris Reese)
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