Natural-Gas Pipeline Creates New Jobs in Ohio

A new natural-gas pipeline extending from Colorado to Ohio has been providing a mini-stimulus across the country, specifically creating new jobs in Zanesville, Ohio. The $67 billion project, expected to be complete by early November, is one of the largest natural-gas pipelines built in the past 25 years.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP’s Rockies Express (REX) is responsible for the construction of the pipeline, which connects the remote stores of fossil fuel buried under the Rockies with the power-hungry markets of the Midwest and Northeast.

Construction began in 2005 and since then the project has utilized 27 million man-hours and created 10,000 new jobs, ranging from welders to road borers. REX built a new $35 miliion compressor station in Philo, Ohio for the project.

Click here to read the full Wall Street Journal article about the pipeline’s impact on Ohio’s economy and new job creation.

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