Producers angling to produce more crude oil at higher, stable prices must replenish their workforces to take advantage of the low-key rally, analysts say. This is the second half of Rigzone’s “A Primed Pump,” an analysis of the Permian Basin in 2017. To view the first story, click here . Now that oil prices are stable and above $50 per barrel, the energy industry’s depleted workforce is being called back into the field – but there are far fewer candidates with an ear to the ground. As many as 350,000 oilfield workers lost their jobs during the downturn, which stretched beyond two years in a much lower for much longer down cycle. But the U.S. rig count is on the upswing, led by a frenzy in the Permian Basin, and companies need bodies at the wells. Those companies that recognize its time to staff up will likely find the […]