‘It’s frankly today a bigger concern than oil prices, because oil prices are fine where they are. The availability of labor is not,’ says analyst. (Bloomberg) — Ryan Byrd worked five years in oilfields from China to West Texas. But after the worst price rout in a generation left him jobless, he’s not ready to jump back into the mix. Now working at a jail in Huntsville, Texas, the 33-year-old Byrd is happy to have a job that won’t disappear under him. His advice to others looking to the oil patch for fat checks: “Just be prepared to one day wake up, go to work and find that the job is not there.” Welcome to the next big Permian Basin bottleneck. A pipeline shortage slowed output this year, leading to a record 3,722 drilled-but-never-opened wells. But three major conduits set to open in 2019 are expected to solve that. […]