Shale gas industry doing well in Marshall County, West Virginia
Saturday, November 14, 2015
At the bottom of West Virginia’s northern panhandle, Marshall County is a hotbed of shale gas activity. With pipelines, processing plants and wells, the area is growing.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that projects in the region, as well as across the river in Ohio and in Pennsylvania, will bring jobs to the area. Temporary out-of-state workers have been brought in, but the gas operations don’t require as many workers as they do during construction.
Marshall County is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area, which was recently found to be the fifth-fastest growing economy in the United States.
Via: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review > Shale gas industry flourishes in W.Va.’s Marshall County
More about West Virginia’s shale:
- West Virginia: Shale expected to grow the economy Oct. 24, 2015
- 2015 Tri-State Shale Summit (Video) Oct. 14, 2015
- State leaders team up at Tri-State Shale Summit Oct. 14, 2015
- Wheeling, West Virginia, named one of top fastest-growing economies in US Oct. 10, 2015
- West Virginia: Keeping shale jobs in the state is officials’ focus Oct. 2, 2015
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