[thackney]

Texas alone could lose more than 40,000 upstream oil and gas jobs as drilling activity turns sluggish, said Karr Ingham, the economist who compiles the monthly Texas Petro Index that tracks the industry’s economic indicators. All told, he said, this oil bust might cost Texas 200,000 jobs across all industries.

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Hard-year-looms-for-oil-despite-a-good-day-for-6021402.php#/0

[showme_the_Glory]

Texas alone could lose more than 40,000 upstream oil and gas jobs as drilling activity turns sluggish,

as part of a large midstream transporter, I'm a little nervous too.