据油价网4月18日消息称，能源研究公司雷斯塔能源表示，美国页岩油气产量的上升预计将为该行业工人带来更高的工资，因为企业需要在本已人力紧张的市场上吸引更多劳动力。

雷斯塔能源在《石油技术杂志》引用的一份新报告中表示，由于劳动力市场紧张、行业退休以及来自清洁能源工作岗位的竞争，到2024年底，页岩行业的工资将会增长。

预计2023年和2024年的该行业平均工资增长率分别为2.5%和7.2%。据雷斯塔能源称，包括二叠纪、鹰福特、海恩斯维尔、威利斯顿和阿帕拉契亚在内主要页岩盆地的工资已经上涨。2022年，这些地区的工资平均增长超过9%。

工资的增长增加了页岩油运营商的预算，并导致成本上涨。

根据达拉斯联邦储备银行第一季度能源调查，由于成本飙升和前景恶化，二叠纪盆地运营商的高管们认为油气扩张的态势为停滞不前。

调查显示，该行业总工资和福利指数从40.2微升至43.6。

当被问及从2022年12月到2023年12月，他们预计公司的员工队伍会有什么变化时，超过一半(55%)的高管预计，从2022年12月到2023年12月，他们的员工人数将保持不变。然而，37%的高管预计员工人数会增加，其中4%的人预计会大幅增加，33%的人预计会略有增加。调查显示，只有8%的受访者预计在此期间员工数量会减少。

调查发现，勘探与生产公司中选择最多的回答是2023年就业人数“保持不变”，而支持服务公司选择最多的回答是2023年就业人数“略有增加”。

一家服务公司的高管在对调查的评论中表示：“监管的不确定性是一个主要问题。劳动力市场仍然紧张，工资压力持续存在。供应链问题依然存在。”

曹海斌 摘译自 油价网

原文如下：

A U.S. Shale Job Boom Is Coming

Rising oil and gas production in the U.S. shale patch is expected to bring higher wages for workers in the sector as companies need to attract more labor in an already tight market, energy research firm Rystad Energy says. 

Wages are set to grow through the end of 2024, due to the tight labor market, retirements in the industry, and competition from clean energy jobs, Rystad Energy said in a new report quoted by the Journal of Petroleum Technology.

Average wage growth is expected at 2.5% and 7.2% in 2023 and 2024. Wages have already grown in the key shale basins, including the Permian, the Eagle Ford, Haynesville, Williston, and Appalachia, according to Rystad Energy. Those areas saw on average over 9% growth in wages in 2022.

The growth in wages has increased the budgets of the operators in the shale patch and contributed to cost inflation.

According to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey for the first quarter, executives at Permian operators saw oil and gas expansion stall amid surging costs and worsening outlooks.

The aggregate wages and benefits index edged higher, to 43.6 from 40.2, according to the survey.

Asked about what changes they expect in the workforce at their company from December 2022 to December 2023, more than half of the executives — 55% —expect their headcount to remain unchanged from December 2022 to December 2023. However, 37% of executives expect the number of employees to increase, of which 4% expect a significant increase and 33% anticipate a slight increase. only 8% anticipate the number of employees decreasing over the period, according to the survey.

Whereas the most-selected response among E&P firms was for employment to “remain the same” in 2023, the most-selected response of support service firms was for employment to “increase slightly” in 2023, the poll found.

One executive at a services firm said in comments to the survey, “Regulatory uncertainty is a major overhang. Labor remains tight, with continued wage pressures. Supply-chain issues remain.”