December 2020, Vol. 247, No. 12

Features

Study Shows Enormous Economic Benefits Of Texas Pipelines

P&GJ Staff Report   Through ongoing operations and construction in 2019, the Texas oil and gas pipeline industry provided more than $48.6 billion in economic impact, supported more than 238,000 jobs and contributed an additional $29.3 billion in gross state product, a study shows.   This study, according to a recent report by the Center for Energy Commerce at Texas Tech University and commissioned by the Texas Pipeline Association (TPA), went on to say the industry injected more than $2.7 billion in state and local government revenues.    The study also found that of those state and local revenues, a typical Texas county receives an estimated $12,350 in prope