The 2010s marked a long, turbulent decade for the energy industry. The oil and gas sector experienced a boom as U.S. producers unlocked resources buried in onshore shale basins, then a crushing downturn as prices dropped. Waves of bankruptcies and shifting investor expectations drew the decade to a close. Here are four things to know in Texas energy this week:
The number of oil and gas jobs in the Permian nearly doubled over the past decade, from 44,834 in 2009 to 87,641 in 2019, according to…