The Boom (58 page)
Authors: Russell Gold
and proximity of wells,
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–20
regulation of,
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,
25
,
43
,
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–99,
101
,
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,
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–11,
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,
151
,
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,
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,
287
,
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,
291
Spindletop and,
68
–69
Steinsberger on,
131
–32
Sullivan County and,
225
–26
superstitions and,
54
,
71
,
151
–52,
277
–78
technology of extraction of,
59
–60,
63
,
66
–70,
74
Titusville and,
63
,
65
–67
U.S. consumption of,
5
–6,
49
U.S. importation of,
33
–35,
49
–50,
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,
83
,
122
,
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–4
U.S. production of,
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,
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–34,
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–51,
74
,
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–78,
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Utica Shale and,
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,
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well construction integrity and,
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–72,
277
,
280
,
285
,
292
from Wilmington oil field,
118
–19
Oil!
(Sinclair),
10
Oil and Gas Investor,
250
Oklahoma,
3
,
7
,
68
,
73
,
122
,
153
,
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,
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–93,
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,
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,
250
East Virgil prospect and,
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,
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Golden Trend and,
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McClendon’s finances and,
201
and opposition to coal,
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–49
recession in,
9
Oklahoma Capitol building,
146
Oklahoma City, Okla.,
75
,
171
Chesapeake’s corporate campus in,
1
,
11
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Devon and,
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–36,
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,
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,
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McClendon and,
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–9,
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–58,
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–64,
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–67,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Nichols and,
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,
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,
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Sullivan County leasing and,
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,
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Oklahoma City Thunder,
9
,
156
,
163
,
201
Olson
10
–15 #1H well,
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–57
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC),
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–17,
44
,
50
,
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,
282
,
304
Paraskevopoulus, Savvas,
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–89,
96
Parker, Bonnie,
120
,
123
Penn Square Bank,
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,
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Pennsylvania,
129
–30,
205
,
229
–35,
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abandoned wells in,
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–32
fracking and,
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–64,
66
–68,
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,
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,
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gas and,
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,
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,
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Gold’s parents’ land in,
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–5,
7
,
10
–14
Hanger and,
266
–67
Marcellus Shale and,
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,
227
–31,
255
,
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,
289
water contamination in,
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–32,
229
–33
well construction integrity and,
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,
289
–90
see also
Sullivan County, Pa.
Permian Basin,
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,
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,
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,
230
Perot, Ross, Jr.,
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Perot Museum of Nature and Science,
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–96,
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,
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Perry, Rick,
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–46
petroleum engineering, birth of,
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Phillips Unit,
217
Pickens, T. Boone,
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,
200
,
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Pickering, Dan,
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Pinkerton, John,
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,
227
–28
Plotner, Ralph E.,
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–72
Plowshare, Project,
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–82
Ponder, Tex.,
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,
122
–23,
131
Pope, Carl:
gas and,
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,
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–50,
253
–55,
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,
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,
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McClendon and,
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–42,
249
–55,
257
,
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population growth,
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,
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–96
Post-it gate,
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Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act,
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Price, Tom, Jr.,
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,
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proppants,
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Proteus, Andy,
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radial differential temperature log tool (RDT),
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–76,
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–81,
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,
307
building new version of,
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,
283
–86,
292
–93
Railroad Commission, Tex.,
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,
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,
106
,
109
–11
Rajszel, Pawel,
205
Randall, Jack,
154
Range Resources,
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,
227
–28
Reagan, Ronald,
141
,
225
Rees-Jones, Trevor,
150
,
295
Reibson, Betty and Milo,
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–21,
237
Renz #1 well,
227
Rio Blanco blast,
82
Roberts, Edward A. L.,
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–70
torpedo of,
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,
66
–70,
73
Robertson, Ron,
300
Rockefeller, John D., Sr.,
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,
70
,
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Roncalio, Teno,
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–83
Ross #1 well,
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–58,
262
Rowland, Marcus,
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,
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Royal Dutch Shell,
25
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–32
rubble chimneys,
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–82
Ruffalo, Mark,
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Rulison bomb,
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Russia,
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,
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sand,
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and fracking of Irene Kovaloff,
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–44,
48
,
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fracking technology and,
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,
30
,
40
,
47
,
51
,
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–77,
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,
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–21,
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–27,
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,
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Sanders, Bernie,
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San Juan Basin,
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–43,
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act,
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Saudi Arabia,
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,
23
,
44
,
50
–51,
304
–5
Saxon Oil,
141
Schieber, Juergen,
17
Schlumberger,
125
Deepwater Horizon and,
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–75
well construction integrity and,
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–76,
287
,
290
screen outs,
117
–18,
120
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
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,
140
shales,
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,
295
and comparisons between Burkburnett and modern communities,
25
–27
comparisons between sandstone and,
127
–29
Cooke and,
275
–76
Devon’s research and,
143
,
155
Eads and,
195
–96
energy and,
14
–15,
25
–27,
34
,
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–52,
155
,
302
–3,
305
–7
Engelder on,
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–35
Foster on,
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–45,
147
–48
fracking and,
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28
–29,
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,
60
,
64
,
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,
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–85,
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,
128
–29,
147
,
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,
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history and,
14
–18
Ingraffea on,
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–36
and limits on gas well production,
131
McClendon and,
9
–10,
154
–56,
160
–61,
163
,
188
,
191
–93,
195
–97,
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–7
mineral rights leasing and,
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–24,
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–93,
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,
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Mitchell and,
7
–8,
89
,
135
–36
overachieving wells in,
147
water and,
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–15,
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,
270
–71
well construction integrity and,
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,
275
,
286
–87,
308
–9
see also specific shales
S. H. Griffin #4 well:
fracking of,
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–25,
128
–30,
147
–48
wells in vicinity of,
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