re: Total Amount of People That Work in Oil and Gas

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couldn't guess what the numbers are now but it isn't close to 9.8MM or 5.6%

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Traditional Energy and Energy Efficiency sectors in 2019 employed 6.8 million or 4.6% of the workforce. 7% of new jobs.

In 2019, America’s Traditional Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Motor Vehicles sectors continued to outperform the rest of the American economy in job growth, accounting for 8 percent of all new employment opportunities, while making up only 5.6 percent of the workforce.
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