Studies: Jobs, Revenue, Abundance

IHS-CERA: Natural gas development supported one million jobs in 2010, 1.5 million expected by 2015 (June, 2012)

World Economic Forum: Oil and natural gas development responsible for 9% of all US Jobs in 2011 (March, 2012)

Wood Mackenzie: Shale could help create 1.4 million new jobs (September, 2011)

American Gas Association: Shale development has saved U.S. consumers $250 billion since 2009 (May, 2012)

University of Texas at San Antonio: Eagle Ford Shale accounts for $25 billion in economic activity in 2011 (May, 2012)

International Energy Agency: Global resources and hydraulic fracturing could create “global age of gas” (May, 2012)

IHS CERA: The economic and employment contributions of shale gas in the United States (December, 2011)

National Petroleum Council: North American natural gas resources can meet decades of demand (April, 2011)

Massachussetts Institute of Technology: The future of natural gas (June, 2011)

PriceWaterhouseCoopers: Shale gas could create over 1 million jobs (December, 2011)

American Chemistry Council: Shale could support 400,000 jobs (March, 2011)

Energy Information Administration: Shale gas is a game changer for global markets (March, 2010)

Interstate Oil ang Gas Commission: States’ experience with hydraulic fracturing (July, 2002)

OOGEEP: 200,000 new jobs possible in Buckeye State thanks to shale (September, 2011)

Penn State University: Pa. Marcellus supports 140,000 jobs in 2010 (July, 2011)

NY DEC: Marcellus development could generate 55,000 new jobs (September, 2011)

Penn State Univeristy: The economic impacts of the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale (May, 2010)

Michigan House of Representatives Natural Gas Subcommittee: Energy and Job Creation (April, 2012)

Louisiana Oil and Gas Association: Shale development to support nearly 400,000 jobs by 2014 (April, 2010)

Chesapeake Energy: Natural gas abundant, affordable, and water efficient (September, 2009)

Weinstein & Clower: Natural gas could support $37 billion in activity in Broome County, New York (September, 2009)

Penn State: Prospects and economic impacts of developing the Marcellus Shale (July, 2009)

Penn State:Marcellus Shale development supports over 48,000 jobs in 2009 (July, 2009)

Potential Gas Committee: U.S. natural gas resource base exceeds 1,836 TCF (June, 2009)

Advanced Resources International: Natural gas development supports U.S. economy (April, 2009)

Louisiana Department of Natural Resources: Haynesville Shale supports 3.8 billion in revenues in 2008 (April, 2009)

ICF International: U.S. oil and natural gas development strengthens our economy (December, 2008)

Oklahoma State University: Oklahoma oil and gas production employs 80,000 generates $8.6 billion (October, 2008)

Marshall University: Natural gas industry in West Virginia supports over two percent of state’s employment (August, 2008)

Quality Environmental Professional Associates: Pathway analysis for oil and gas production (June, 2008)

The Perryman Group: Barnett Shale supports over 83,000 jobs per year (March, 2008)

IPAA: Oil & gas producing industry in your state (August, 2011)

Oil & Gas Journal: Comparison between gel-fracture and water-fracture stimulations (August, 1991)