Stakeholders foresee a better era for the Eagle Ford Shale
LAREDO, Texas – The possibilities of another boom period in the Eagle Ford Shale region are unlikely right now, but key stakeholders in economic and workforce development agree a new positive era is coming.
The difference this time, they say, is they have learned from the past.
“When the oil prices dropped, there was a time to pause and make a sober analysis of just what we have, what have done right in the communities, and what we have done wrong,” said Leodoro Martinez, chairman of Eagle Ford Consortium. “So, if this starts up again we want to make sure we don’t make the same mistakes again.”
Martinez gave his comments to the Rio Grande Guardian following an Eagle Ford Consortium regional quarterly meeting Tuesday morning at Laredo Community College’s Fort McIntosh campus. The top concerns raised were the infrastructure, environment, impact in the community, training and workforce.
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