How many oil and gas jobs are there in West Virginia? It’s surprisingly hard to say
West Virginia Del. Joshua Higginbotham, a Republican, touted the number of jobs created by the gas and oil industry in West Virginia during a Jan. 23 interview with West Virginia Public Broadcasting. "Tens of thousands of jobs (are) created in West Virginia by the natural gas and oil industries," Higginbotham said. Have that many jobs been created by the industry within West Virginia?