Energy Environmental Blog

An Ohio Shale Success Story

Written by Greg Russell | Jan 12, 2012 12:44:53 PM

Bloomberg is reporting that a Youngstown steel mill is re-opening its doors due to increased demand for pipe used in the development of shale resources here in the northeast:  "The factory for Vallourec SA’s V&M Star will have 350 workers and produce seamless pipes used in hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. It’s part of a development that an oil and gas industry study calculates will mean more than 200,000 jobs and $22 billion in economic output in Ohio by 2015 -- and which has neighboring states looking to get in on the action."

Congratulations!