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West Virginia

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West Virginia

Currently, the Oil and Natural Gas Industry makes it possible for more than 30,000 West Virginians to have jobs in a wide variety of industries.

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Jobs

For today and tomorrow

Jobs

The Oil and Natural Gas Industry supplies most of America's energy and supports more than 9.2 million U.S. jobs and 7.5 percent of the U.S. economy.

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Growth

The future of West Virginia

Growth

From 2009 through 2011, the Oil and Natural Gas industry paid out more than $271 million in property taxes and more than $230 million in severance taxes.

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Volumes

Enough for years to come

Volumes

The U.S. has more than 2,500 trillion cubic feet of potential natural gas resources - enough to meet current U.S. consumption for the next 100 years.

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• Permalink May 18 2013

  Students learn about oil, gas industry

  It's never too early to learn about job options and education requirements. On Friday, more than 600 Randolph County eighth- and ninth-grade students ...

• Permalink May 02 2013

  Good news in gasland

  April was a pretty good month for the natural gas industry. Prices are finally rebounding. After dropping below $2 per BTU last year, they&rsquo...

• Permalink Feb 20 2013

  Jobs in Pipeline Construction are up and Heading Further up

  Production of gas from the Marcellus Shale hasn't yet brought the enormous jobs boon many once predicted, but a new bright spot is emerging. "Pip...

• Permalink Jan 24 2013

  Marshall County assessed property values double in six years

  Due primarily to activity in the oil and gas and coal industries, the assessed value of property in Marshall County has increased by almost 50 percent...

• Permalink Jan 14 2013

  Shale Energy to Create Over 29,000 Jobs in West Virginia By 2020 According to New Study

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The second phase of a comprehensive new study co-sponsored by the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy was ...

• Permalink Jan 08 2013

  U.S. gas production, consumption may have set records in 2012

  Natural gas production and consumption in the U.S. may have set new all-time highs in 2012. Production may have reached 24 trillion cubic feet, o...

• Permalink Jan 04 2013

  Making it in West Virginia

  In his book, Make It in America: The Case for Reinventing the Economy, Andrew Liveris — Chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company — sug...

• Permalink Jan 02 2013

  Report: Shale Boom Brings Ohio 39K Jobs, W.Va. 11.8K

  Drilling and fracking natural gas wells is only part of the picture when it comes to the Utica and Marcellus shale industry supporting nearly 39,000 O...

• Permalink Dec 11 2012

  Jenkins: Good Will Fracking

  After a decade of war and half-century of costly military involvement in the Middle East, the United States stands on the brink of "energy independenc...

• Permalink Dec 06 2012

  Report: W.Va. Sees Shale Job Growth

  Those working in West Virginia's oil and natural gas fields have seen their annual salaries grow by an average of $8,100 since 2008, thanks to the Mar...