Energy Tomorrow Blog

Deeper Dive: The Economic Lift of Oil and Natural Gas Development

jobs  upstream  midstream  downstream 

Mark Green
Posted September 5, 2013

More from the new IHS report on the economic impacts of U.S. unconventional oil and natural gas development – with a deeper focus on jobs.

We posted on the report's big numbers yesterday: IHS projects the full unconventional value chain – the oil and natural gas industry’s upstream, midstream and downstream sectors and energy-related chemical industries – could support 3.3 million jobs by 2020 and nearly 3.9 million by 2025. Energy from shale and other tight-rock formations supported 2.1 million jobs in 2012.

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Earnings: A Mixed Bag

earnings  oil companies  oil company earnings  revenue  downstream  upstream 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted November 6, 2009

Eighteen oil and natural gas companies had reported their third quarter 2009 earnings as of yesterday afternoon, and the results have been a mixed bag. Companies that focus on oil and natural gas production--also called the upstream sector of the business--experienced a better financial quarter than large integrated companies that have both upstream and downstream operations--refining and marketing. The companies that fared worst are in the downstream portion of the business, and some of them actually lost money. 

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