biggie imo./ fegr excerpt/San Patricio County / Corpus Christi Texas
Eagle Ford Shale / San Patricio County
San Patricio’s total Eagle Ford employment impact for 2012 included 1,885 jobs with a payroll of more than $113 million.
In addition, San Patricio County experienced a total output of $647.35 million and a gross county product of $226.39 million.
This is compared to the 20-county Eagle Ford Shale region, which produced more than $61 billion and supported 116,508 full time jobs with an annual payroll of $4.69 billion the same year.
The boom produced $1.01 billion in total local revenues and $1.24 billion in estimated state revenue.