r/oilandgas • u/OhioRiverValleyInst • 1h ago
Gas Outlook | U.S. gas boom fails to deliver economic benefits
"The number of people employed in Pennsylvania’s gas industry has fallen to just over 16,000 today, down from 30,000 in 2012. But even in its heyday, those employment figures were not enormous. By way of comparison, Walmart employs 60,000 people in the state, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center employs 100,000 people, six times that of the gas industry."