In September 2015, the
Center for Economic Development and the Energy Policy Center at Cleveland State
University’s Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs released three
studies respectively entitled “Mapping the Opportunities for Shale Development in
Ohio”, “Economics of Utica Shale in Ohio: Supply Chain Analysis”, and
“Economics of Utica Shale in Ohio: Workforce Analysis.” The studies examine the
economic potential of Utica Shale oil and natural gas development in the state
of Ohio.
The study “Mapping
the Opportunities for Shale Development in Ohio”
made connections between increased natural gas production and needs for new
infrastructure to gather, process and transport growing natural gas liquids
production, including ethane. According to the authors, “[a] regional surplus
of ethane creates an opportunity for the development of Ohio businesses
downstream of the processing and fractionation facilities.”
In “Economics
of Utica Shale in Ohio: Supply Chain Analysis”, the
researchers analyzed the economic benefits from Utica Shale development to the
downstream local industry that provides goods and services to upstream and
midstream industries.
As for the study “Economics
of Utica Shale in Ohio: Workforce Analysis”, the
researchers predicted that “[a]lthough the production phase is less labor
intensive than the drilling phase, local employment will arise from
post-production activities such as well, pipeline and processing plant
maintenance.”
Written by Chloe Marie - Research Fellow
11/19/2015
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