Leveraging the Marcellus/Utica to Make WV Great Again Economic Impact | Industrywide Issues | Jobs | NGLs | Statewide WV | West Virginia January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 West Virginia is in desperate need of jobs following decades of job losses in the coal industry (from 70,000 jobs in the 1970s to 13,000 today). WV has another great natural resource: natural gas. As coal was to WV, natgas now is. Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!) Related