A Liberty Energy oilfield worker sits in the data van monitoring automated fracking operations occurring outside the window at a well site.

Grease-smeared ‘roughnecks’ are the classic staple of the oilfield. Now they’re vanishing in favor of AI-trained data crunchers

Many thousands of energy jobs are shed amid lower oil prices, efficiency gains, consolidation, and the advent of autonomous AI drilling and fracking operations.

September 13, 2025

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