A big "thank you" for sending me this link to Forbes magazine.
- The Villages, Florida, #1.
- Pecos, Texas, #2.
- Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, #3.
- Boone, North Carolina, #4.
- Heber, Utah, #5.
- Williston, ND, #6.
- Gillette, Wyoming, #7.
- Laramie, Wyoming, #8.
- Andrews, Texas, #9.
- Elk City, Oklahoma, #10.
- Vernal, Utah, #11.
- Hobbs, New Mexico, #12.
- Rock Springs, Wyoming, #13.
- Jackson, Wyoming, #14.
- Oxford, Mississippi, #15.
How many others on this list owe their growth to the rejuvenated domestic oil and gas business? Pecos, Texas, certainly does--given all the new drilling in Reeves and Ward Counties. And just across the border in New Mexico, Hobbs is booming as a result the same Permian Basin/Delaware Basin play that's boosting growth in Pecos. I don't know what the latest play is around Gillette, Wyoming, but there must be one, because why else would someone move to Gillette except to work in the oil fields? And Laramie is probably the beneficiary of the Wyoming Niobrara play. Rock Springs, Wyoming? Andrews, Texas? Heber and Vernal, Utah? Maybe someone else has some thoughts. But it looks to me like, in the main, this is a list that demonstrates how the rebirth of on-land oil and gas exploration in the U.S. is boosting a wide swath of the economy.
ReplyDeleteDespite what is going on in Washington, DC.
DeleteGillette is home to many oil service companies, so if the oil industry is improving in Gillette, than I'm guessing services in Gillette are hiring more people.
ReplyDeleteElk City #10 is on the list because of major oil companies in the area as well.
ReplyDeleteThat list seams altered to be in favor of Drilling the world. The Forbes list just came out. Its quite different. But I do love oil.
ReplyDeleteNote: this was last year's (the 2012) list.
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