For their analysis, Qian and team included data from 172,321 people (average age 50 and 54 per cent women) who participated in the National Health Interview Survey between 2013 and 2018.
Average rig count, an index of measuring activities in the upstream sector, rose year-on-year, YoY by 62 per cent to 15 between June and October 2023, compared to nine recorded in the corresponding period of 2022.