This is an example of the positive impacts the Haynesvile Shale will bring to NW Louisiana.

Associated Press
Schlumberger expands in Louisiana, brings 400 jobs
Associated Press, 03.20.09, 04:58 PM EDT

Schlumberger, the world's largest oil field services company, is expanding operations in Louisiana to work a new natural gas find.

That $48 million project means 400 jobs around Shreveport in the northwest part of the state.

The company, whose principal offices are in Houston, Paris and The Hague, employs 19,000 in North America and 84,000 worldwide.

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It's notable that in the midst of a global economic crisis, NWLa is on the brink of success and not due to bailouts, but instead, courtesy of resources, natural, human, and business.

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