Loren C. Scott & Associates, April 2009. Prepared for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, this study captures and measures the direct and indirect effects on the Louisiana economy from the activities of extracting firms operating in the Haynesville Shale in 2008.

During 2008, seven of seventeen firms generated approximately $2.4 billion in new business sales within the state of Louisiana.

As a result of these activities, nearly $3.9 billion in household earnings was created in 2008.

There was an increase of 32,742 new jobs within the state in 2008.

State and local tax revenues increased by at least $153.3 million in 2008.

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