Economist Releases Report on WV Cracker Plant’s Economic Impact

West Virginia's coming ethane cracker plant continues to generate positive economic news. Yesterday the former director of West Virginia University's Bureau of Business and Economic Research and professor emeritus at WVU, Tom Witt, released a study he conducted on behalf of Braskem America (i.e. Odebrecht, the company building the cracker). The new study details specifics for how many jobs and how much money the proposed cracker and associated petrochemical plants will generate. And it's truly astonishing. Here's an overview of the economic miracle about to hit WV (and beyond)...

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