1. COMPETITIVE TRENDS IN SOUTH TEXAS
John A. Adams Jr. PhD
EDA and Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
6 May 2014

2. 15 County
Regional Focus

3. South Texas Focus
Competitiveness
Regional Position
Trends
Branding

4. Trends and Challenges On Shoring Eagle Ford Labor Supply chain
Infrastructure

5. On-shoring
Silent returns
Quality
Market
Suppliers

6. Eagle Ford Long term Multiplier input Jobs Infrastructure
Mexico – “Aguila Sur”

7. Well Costs Dropped from $14 mil. to $6 mil.
Source: UTSA Economic Impact of the Eagle Ford Shale Study

8. Labor Skilled in high demand Coastal Bend Boom
Eagle Ford: Just the start!
Central Texas

9. Supply Chain Crunch
Tight
Regional
Security concerns
Technology

10. Infrastructure Across South Texas
Ports: Land and Sea
Corridors
Capacity
Concerns

12. Jobs Profile Construction Drug test Light manufacturing
Oil field services
Health care
IT-Design – Product Development

13. Demographic Patterns
Aging - Mitigated somewhat in Texas by in-migration
Shrinking youth in skilled jobs
Migration - Cross-border
Urbanization – Housing, food, water

14. Manufacturing Precision tooling Design and build Off-shore oil and gas
Metal fabrications
Transportation services
Medical products

15. Top 10 Trends Eagle Ford drives inbound investment
Demand for skilled employees
Region wide infrastructure demand
Coastal Bend boom
Increase in suppliers relocation in region

16. Top 10 Trends cont. On-shoring of returning manufacturers
Small-business growth
Ongoing demand for health-care services
Continued need to improve education at all levels
Regional Collaboration

17. John A. Adams, Jr., PhD John.adams@teex.tamu.edu Tel 979.458.6710
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