The Texas upstream oil and gas sector continues to add jobs, new data from the Texas Workforce commission shows. In June, upstream oil and natural gas employment expanded by 3,100 jobs, the fifth best single-month performance in over five years. Since the low point in employment in September 2020, months with job gains in the sector outnumbered decline months seven to two. Upstream jobs are 9,000 higher in June 2021 compared to June 2020. June’s job count is also 10.3 percent higher, or 15,600 more, than the job count in September 2020. Total upstream employment is 173,100 jobs, which are among the highest paying wages in Texas. “Continuing job growth in the oil and natural gas industry is critical for the economy at large because every direct oil and natural gas job in Texas generates an additional three jobs elsewhere in state’s economy,” Todd Staples, president of the Texas Oil …