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Marcellus Employment Opportunities Abound
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The natural gas industry offers a wide variety of occupations involving exploration, drilling, and extraction of natural gas in the Marcellus Shale play, including:
- Landmen
- Gas Pumping Station Operators
- Geologists
- Earthmovers
- Real estate agents
- Engineers
- Surveyors
- Supervisors
- Welders
- Wastewater managers
- Timber loggers
- Semi-skilled laborers
- General laborers
- Heavy equipment operators
- General office workers
Experts estimate that the workforce employed in the Marcellus Shale formation would grow to over 9,000 by 2015. The direct workforce needed for a single well was estimated to be approximately 400 people working in nearly 150 different occupations. In Pennsylvania alone, Marcellus Shale drilling operations could employ more than 10,000.
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