Displaced Oil & Gas Workers
This grant program pioneers new initiatives to guide laid off oil and gas workers toward new job opportunities and career paths within five high-growth sectors, including transportation, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, energy, and construction.
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Why is the Displaced Oil & Gas Worker program important to the community?
The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in record low levels of gasoline consumption, with an initial sharp decrease beginning in March 2020 due to pandemic lockdowns and then more gradual decreases in the years following as fewer Americans commuted to work, according to the Energy Information Administration. In addition to pandemic-related decreases in refinery activity, California’s Just Transition was introduced in 2022, a 12-year state roadmap to phase out fossil fuels while also transitioning many of the state’s 112,000 oil and gas workers to high-wage jobs in more sustainable industries. One-third of the California refineries are located in Contra Costa County.
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“We are excited about the opportunity to help our region’s skilled oil and gas workers transition into sustainable careers for the future green economy. We look forward to deploying these critical resources to help achieve equity by providing for the training, work-based learning experiences, wrap-around supports, and other resources needed to accomplish our goals.”
Tamia Brown, Executive Director – Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County