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Eagle Ford Shale Generated More Than $25 Billion in Revenue for South Texas in 2011

UTSA projects the shale to create 117,000 jobs by 2021

Written by Christi Fish
Associate Director of Media Relations, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Eagle Ford Shale Report DownloadSAN ANTONIO, May 9, 2012 – Development of oil and natural gas in the Eagle Ford Shale contributed $25 billion in total economic output to the region in 2011, according to a study released today by the Center for Community and Business Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development (UTSA).

"The Eagle Ford Shale has proven to be one of the most important economic engines in the state," said Dr. Thomas Tunstall, director of the UTSA Center for Community & Business Research, and the study’s principal investigator.  "In 2011 alone, the play generated over $25 billion in revenue, supported 47,000 full-time jobs in the area, and provided $257 million in local government revenue."

The study also concluded that in 2011 shale development:

  • Paid $3.1 billion in salaries and benefits to workers;
  • Provided more than $12.6 billion in gross regional product;
  • Added more than $358 million in state revenues, including $120.4 million in severance taxes;
  • And spurred a triple-digit sales tax revenue increase in various local counties.

"We view the Eagle Ford activity as an economic opportunity of a lifetime," said Mario Hernandez, president of the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation.  "The key goal is the increase in investment and jobs. And if the communities will partner with the private companies that are creating these jobs, it can be a win-win for everybody."

The increased revenue from the Eagle Ford Shale is rebuilding local communities.  New schools and new hospitals are being built, and new training programs have been launched to maximize hiring from the local workforce.  The study projects the creation of approximately 117,000 full-time jobs by 2021.

Read more: New Report: The Impact of Eagle Ford Shale

 

Boeing San Antonio Impact Report

Boeing studyThe Boeing Company in San Antonio continues to be a major contributor to the Texas economy with a $415.5 million total economic impact in 2009 when the new commercial activities are added, according to a new study released today by the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Center for Community and Business Research.

Download full report here

Download executive summary here

 

San Antonio Missions Impact Report

Missions Impact ReportThe missions of San Antonio play an important part in defining the city’s culture. Their presence also helps drive the city’s hospitality and tourism industry. In 2009, over 1.7 million people visited Missions Concepción, San José, San Juan, and Espada in San Antonio. Collectively, these missions and associated features—including acequias (irrigation canals), labores (farm lands), dam and aqueduct, and the single remaining rancho (mission ranch) —comprise the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. In 2009, park visitors, along with staffing, construction and maintenance activities, and other aspects of park operations, contributed nearly $98.8 million to the local economy and sustained 1,116 jobs in the region.

Download the Report here.

 

Economic Impact of the Eagle Ford Shale

In less than three years of development, the Eagle Ford Shale already accounts for over six percent of the Gross Regional Product for the 24-countySouth Texas area it encompasses, according to a study released today by the Center for Community and Business Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development.

"The Eagle Ford Shale may be one of the largest onshore natural gas and oil discoveries in the past half century," said Dominique Halaby, the center's director. "In 2010 alone, this newest of the Texas shale plays generated close to $2.9 billion in revenue, supported approximately 12,600 full-time jobs in the area, and provided nearly $47.6 million in local government revenue."

Download the Report

Source http://news.yahoo.com/s/
usnw/20110224/pl_usnw/DC54136

   

US CAIP

CCBR, in conjunction with the Rural Business Program has been selected by the North American Development Bank's U.S. Community Adjustment and Investment Program to develop strategies for assisting community's negatively impacted by foreign trade.
 

Rural Business Program

CCBR has partnered with the South-West Texas SBDC Border Network's Rural Business Program and the UTSA College of Architecture to prepare economic base studies and community plans for the communities of Encinal, Port Isabel, Pecos and Zapata. "This is an exciting opportunity to provide these community leaders with key economic development tools that they will be able to use in planning their community’s future," said Dominique Halaby, CCBR Director. Each project is expected to be released by the end of the summer 2010.
   

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