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WHAT DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA'S ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN MEANS TO WEST VIRGINIA
Jobs |
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Jobs that could be created from Coastal Plain development in West Virginia : |
7,000 jobs |
examples: |
manufacturing of oil field and facility equipment & supplies communication and computer services and hardware oil field facility and well servicing |
| Number of petroleum industry jobs in West Virginia : | 15,538 jobs |
Economic Impact |
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| Dollars spent in West Virginia from Prudhoe Bay development since 1980: | $ 2.0 million |
| West Virginia vendors doing business in AK oil fields: | over 15 |
| example: | Bellofram Corp. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. Rutter Equipment |
| West Virginia energy expenditures per capita ranks well over the national average! | |
Petroleum Statistics |
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| Daily consumption of motor gasoline in West Virginia: | 2.3 million gallons |
| Daily consumption of petroleum products in West Virginia: | 6.7 million gallons |
| Daily production of oil products in West Virginia: | 235,000 gallons |
| West Virginia's reliance on imported foreign oil: | 53 % |
| Gasoline prices in West Virginia are well above the national average! | |
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