Job Growth in Texas Helped by Petrochemical Industry

Officials at the Port of Houston Authority say they have been seeing record traffic thanks to the chemicals industry, another way the diverse Texas economy is handling the oil downturn. Billions of dollars have been invested into new petrochem plants that are focused on processing polyethylene from natural gas. This has created a surge in job growth, with even more plants and projects scheduled to continue through 2017.

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