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New Study: Marcellus Shale = 280K New Jobs, $6 Billion Revenue

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Jane Van Ryan
Posted July 21, 2010

Natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale could generate nearly $6 billion in government revenue, 280,000 new jobs and more than 18 billion cubic feet of clean-burning natural gas per day, according to a new study.

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Study: Marcellus Shale - Enormous Economic, Energy Potential

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Jane Van Ryan
Posted May 26, 2010

A new Penn State study says the development of clean-burning natural gas in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale formation could create 212,000 new jobs during the next 10 years and generate more than $1.8 billion in state and local tax revenues during the next 18 months. 

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