Jobs for Oregon
The worldwide need for clean, reliable natural gas is rapidly growing while new technology has recently allowed the Unites States and Canada to produce enough natural gas to last for perhaps hundreds of years.
These developments are creating many thousands of new jobs in both countries and Oregon has a unique opportunity to secure some of those jobs. It is estimated that the construction of the Oregon Pipeline and the Oregon LNG facility will employ an average of more than 3,000 workers for 5 years. These family-wage jobs will help reduce Oregon's serious unemployment problem, which are causing hardships throughout Oregon.
An economic impact analysis performed by EcoNorthwest has shown that once in operation the Oregon LNG project will directly employ about 150 people and the indirect and induced employment caused by this facility will create an additional 1,441 jobs in Oregon.
Other benefits to Oregon include:
- $6.3 billion investment in the local and regional economy
- $120 million paid in property taxes during the construction period
- $57 million paid annually in property taxes throughout the life of the facility
- $220 million paid in personal income taxes during the construction period
- $16 million paid annually in personal and corporate income taxes throughout the life of the faciltiy
*Source: Oregon Department of Energy, Biennial Energy Plan: Oregon’s Energy Supply and Demand.