SHALE REVENUE Likely expenditures About 1,800 Trumbull County residents will have approximately $331 million in extra income as a result of an oil and gas lease. Here’s a percentage breakdown of
Investments/savings and finances, 55.19 percent
Taxes, 17.52
Motor vehicles, 9.02
Real estate, 5.15
Other, 4.79
Farming, 4.36
New building construction/home improvements, 1.75
Health services/insurance, 1.65
Vacations/travel, 0.36
Source: “Economic Impacts of Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania,” Pennsylvania State University, 2011.
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