How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale ...
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale ...
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale ...
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Table 1. Annual <strong>Job</strong> <strong>Creation</strong> <strong>from</strong> <strong>Shale</strong> Gas Development Under<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong>’s “Average” Development Scenario<br />
Year<br />
# of new wells drilled<br />
and fracked<br />
# of producing wells<br />
(cumulative)<br />
<strong>New</strong> preproduction<br />
phase jobs<br />
<strong>New</strong> production<br />
phase jobs<br />
1 165 165 1759 28<br />
2 330 496 1771 56<br />
3 496 991 1757 84<br />
4 661 1652 1771 113<br />
5 826 2478 1759 140<br />
6 991 3469 1759 169<br />
7 1156 4626 1771 196<br />
8 1322 5947 1756 225<br />
9 1487 7434 1771 253<br />
10 1652 9086 1760 281<br />
11 1652 10738 0 280<br />
12 1652 12390 0 281<br />
13 1652 14042 0 281<br />
14 1652 15694 0 281<br />
15 1652 17346 0 281<br />
16 1652 18998 0 281<br />
17 1652 20650 0 281<br />
18 1652 22302 0 280<br />
19 1652 23954 0<br />
281<br />
20 1652 25606 0 281<br />
21 1652 27258 0 281<br />
22 1652 28910 0 281<br />
23 1652 30562 0 281<br />
24 1652 32214 0 280<br />
25 1652 33866 0 281<br />
26 1652<br />
35518 0 281<br />
27 1652<br />
37170 0 281<br />
28 1652 38822 0 281<br />
29 1652 40474 0 281<br />
30 1652 42126 0 280<br />
31 0 41961 -17634 -28<br />
Note: The reason for the variability in the number of new pre-production jobs during the first 10 years is unexplained<br />
in the E&E Inc. report.<br />
Source: Ecology and Environment Inc. 2011, Table 4-7 for new jobs projected, pages 4-2 and 4-3 for wells drilled and<br />
fracked per year<br />
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