Workforcetv explores a day in the life of Richard, a maintenance contractor at HollyFrontier's Navajo Refinery in Artesia, NM. Richard is one of the thousands of Americans who work in well-paid, high-tech jobs at refineries and petrochemical facilities across the United States, supporting a total of 2 million jobs nationwide in the process. To learn more about careers in the downstream oil and gas industry, visit our workforce development site.
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