Another Relocation to Charelston (Charleston, Morgantown: fingerprinting, home, live in)
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That job would probably be tied to the state, and the federal government, and not the city itself.
So Charleston could tank and you could still have the job as long as government revenue flowed into Charleston, and money from the rest of the state.
The federal situation is a little iffy.
The state situation could be promising. There is not much growth in most of the state, but NCWV and EP are netting tremendous wealth, and there is shale in the north. Also a few small towns like Beckley in the south have seen growth.
I believe it is known as wet shale. It is more plentiful, easier to get to, cheaper to get, etc. The rest of the state is meh, but parts of Northern WV have good shale and that is what people care about. That is where most of the growth is going to happen. It is why shale is mostly a Northern WV thing.
I believe it is known as wet shale. It is more plentiful, easier to get to, cheaper to get, etc. The rest of the state is meh, but parts of Northern WV have good shale and that is what people care about. That is where most of the growth is going to happen. It is why shale is mostly a Northern WV thing.
WVU is a source of intellectual capital for WV's growing shale industry.
I believe it is known as wet shale. It is more plentiful, easier to get to, cheaper to get, etc. The rest of the state is meh, but parts of Northern WV have good shale and that is what people care about. That is where most of the growth is going to happen. It is why shale is mostly a Northern WV thing.
If you are referring to the areas that are viable for gaining both gas and oil then that is located from North Central WV to the Ohio River. It is called "wet" because you can gain both oil and gas. The richest (i.e. where the densest product yield can be found) is located along the Eastern side of the Ohio River from Pittsburgh down to Kentucky (some of that is not Marcellus Shale but it is still there) and there is some that is located from Southern WV to Eastern KY.
Most of WV is viable for acquiring ONLY gas from its shale deposits. The only areas capable of acquiring oil are where I stated above (i.e. NCWV to the Ohio River). Oil will be extremely valuable but gas will bring more money into the state as there is a greater abundance of it. WV was the only net exporter of gas east of the Mississippi River as of 2011 (could have changed by now).
The extraction will still happen in NWV because there is both oil and gas to be had versus just gas in most other areas. Still, the areas that are directly mining it may not benefit as much. Look what happened to the southern coal fields. Also, although the mining of coal was taking place 100 miles away or more from the Charleston, the businesses were still being run there. That isn't to say that Morgantown, Wheeling, Parkersburg, Fairmont, Huntington, or some other town won't be the business area of choice but it will most likely be Charleston. Probably not even there. Pittsburgh is where I see it going. Pittsburgh is most likely going to boom soon. If it does, hopefully that will indirectly spill over into Morgantown and Wheeling. That would be great, but that still an optimistic extrapolation.
I must say that the shale deposits are going to be great for WVU in many ways. It is going to be interesting to see how these relationships play out. Good luck up there
It is small compared to the tech industry in Morgantown-Clarksburg.
The I-79 Tech Corridor is spread over a large area. Of course there will be more going on there than in one city. The best thing on the I-79 corridor is the research park just south of fairmont ~400 acres. WV Reg tech park has about ~650 acres and growing very fast. There is certainly a lot of growth going on along I-79 but it will have to catch up to what has been going on along I-64 for years, and at the rate I-79 is going I'm sure it will give the it a run for it's money.
I'm sorry but "small" is just inaccurate. I will say that growth along I-79, and mainly Morgantown, is better than anywhere else in the state. Not up to par yet though. Getting there
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