The Boom (60 page)
Authors: Russell Gold
mixing of oil and,
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–100,
279
New York and,
258
–59,
262
–63
Roberts’s torpedo and,
66
–67
salt,
31
,
119
,
143
–45,
153
,
271
shales and,
14
–15,
117
,
270
–71
Sullivan County and,
210
,
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–15,
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–20,
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,
232
–33
in Trinity Aquifer,
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–98,
108
–12
well construction integrity and,
71
,
271
–72,
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,
286
–89
well integrity,
270
–90,
308
–9
cement and,
32
,
71
,
271
–90,
292
–93
Cooke and,
270
–81,
284
–85,
291
–93,
307
Flatirons Development and,
286
–90
West Virginia,
2
,
84
,
129
–30,
143
,
146
,
255
White, Darwin K.,
97
–98,
100
–101
Whitley, Mark,
121
–23
Wilder, John,
243
,
246
Wilmington oil field,
118
–19
wind power,
34
–36,
97
,
113
,
232
,
262
–64,
266
,
301
fracking and,
34
,
240
,
306
gas and,
254
,
262
wire-line business,
282
Wise, Bill,
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–83
Wise County, Tex.:
fracking and,
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–93,
103
Mitchell and,
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,
92
–93,
98
,
100
–101,
103
,
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,
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–12
Trinity Aquifer and,
108
–9
water contamination and,
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,
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,
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,
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,
112
Woodin well,
67
Woodlands, Tex.,
7
,
91
,
107
,
117
–18,
133
,
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Woodrow Starr #1 well,
43
World War II,
70
–74,
84
,
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fracking and,
64
,
73
oil and,
49
,
70
–71,
74
Wyoming,
38
,
82
–83,
246
,
309
XTO Energy,
154
,
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,
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Yamani, Sheikh Zaki,
305
Yost, Al,
84
–85,
146
Zilkhas family,
113
Zoback, Mark,
272
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gold, Russell.
The boom : how fracking ignited the American energy revolution and changed the world / Russell Gold.
p. cm
1. Petroleum industry and trade—Environmental aspects—United States. 2. Oil wells—Hydraulic fracturing. 3. Energy policy—United States. 4. Energy consumption—United States. I. Title.
HD9565.G65 2014
333.8' 230973—dc23
2013028446
ISBN 978-1-4516-9228-0
ISBN 978-1-4516-9230-3 (ebook)
Table of Contents
Dedication
Map of Major North American Shales
Epigraph
1. Just Add Water
2. Ottis Grimes
3. Everyone Comes for the Money
4. Dominion over the Rocks
5. Wise County
6. Ice Doesn’t Freeze Anymore
7. Larry Was the Brake
8. The Rise of Aubrey McClendon
9. The Fall of Aubrey McClendon
10. Celestia
11. Blessings of the Pope
12. Ghost Ridin’ Grandpa
13. Pandora’s Frack
Thanks and Acknowledgments
About Russell Gold
Sources
Index
Copyright
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