Document Type
Other
Publication Date
Summer 2019
College/Unit
Chambers College of Business and Economics
Department/Program/Center
Economics
Abstract
West Virginia’s natural gas boom began in 2010 as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques began to be applied to the state’s shale formations. Since then, West Virginia has become the nation’s ninth-largest natural gas producer in 2017, with gross withdrawals of more than 1.6 trillion cubic feet. Since the gas boom started, the natural gas industry has made considerable investments in the state to pay for well drilling, mineral royalties, and pipeline infrastructure, among other investment costs. In this report, we estimate these investments in two key areas: upstream costs and midstream infrastructure.
Digital Commons Citation
Bowen, Eric, "Natural Gas Investment in West Virginia, 2010-2016" (2019). Bureau of Business & Economic Research. 304.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/bureau_be/304