–78
Eads and,
165
,
185
,
195
,
204
energy trading in,
180
–83
Marathon and,
39
,
42
Mitchell and,
7
,
86
,
88
–91,
95
–96,
134
–37,
271
and opposition to coal,
243
,
246
Houston Natural Gas,
173
,
180
Hubbert, M. King,
77
–79
Hugoton natural gas field,
73
Humble Oil and Refining,
91
,
118
Hutton, Keith,
154
Icahn, Carl,
161
Independence, Project,
50
independents,
2
–5,
24
,
112
–13
Ingraffea, Anthony,
235
–36
International Energy Agency (IEA),
50
,
264
–66
Intrieri, Vincent,
161
–62
Irene Kovaloff
11
–18H well:
delays at,
45
,
47
fracking of,
38
–49,
51
–54,
60
–62
oil and,
40
–41,
43
–44,
48
,
54
,
62
isolation scanners,
275
–76,
290
Jaytex Oil & Gas,
167
–68
Jefferies Group,
163
,
195
–96
Jefferson County, Pa.,
286
–90
Johnson County, Tex.,
153
–55
Jones, Jeff,
288
,
290
Journal of Petroleum Technology,
273
Kaiser, George,
199
–201
Kaminski, Vince,
185
Kansas,
73
,
281
Keffer, Bill,
105
,
110
Kennedy, Robert F., Jr.,
259
–60
Kern Trading and Oil Company,
99
Kerr, Aubrey, Jr.,
167
Kerr, Robert S.,
164
,
167
Kerr-McGee,
75
,
164
Killdeer, N.Dak.,
37
,
45
Kimmeridgian Shales,
17
Kinsey, Bobby,
51
–53
Klepper #1 well,
73
–74
Klesse, Bill,
50
Krafjack, Emily,
26
–27
Kramer, Ken,
242
–43
Kyoto Protocol,
265
Ladies’ well,
67
Lakeview #1H well,
154
Lesar, Dave,
52
Limits to Growth, The
(Meadows, Meadows, and Randers),
94
–95
Long Beach, Calif.,
118
–19
Los Angeles, Calif.,
99
,
149
,
173
,
176
,
247
Louisiana,
5
,
185
,
205
,
230
,
273
Austin Chalk and,
176
–77,
179
Haynesville Shale in,
192
,
206
Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP),
50
–51
Lowe, Dick,
150
–51
McClendon, Aubrey Kerr,
8
–11,
152
–80,
185
–210
American Energy Partners and,
208
–9
background of,
8
–10,
156
,
164
–69,
177
–78,
195
,
207
Calpine visit of,
178
–79,
183
Chesapeake-EIG joint venture and,
207
–8
and Chesapeake’s acquisition of Canaan,
152
–54
Chesapeake’s asset sales and,
206
–7
on Chesapeake’s four main inputs,
190
,
192
Chesapeake’s origins and,
169
–70,
172
–75
Chesapeake’s perks and,
174
,
202
–3,
207
–8
Chesapeake’s VPPs and,
194
,
205
coal and,
241
,
243
–51,
254
,
265
comparisons between Nichols and,
155
–56
criticisms of,
158
–63,
174
,
193
,
203
–4,
208
downfall of,
163
,
174
,
192
,
208
Eads’s relationship with,
163
,
165
–66,
177
–78,
180
,
185
,
188
,
195
–96,
204
–5
East Virgil prospect and,
170
–72
energy change and,
155
,
302
–3
energy trading and,
197
–201,
245
environment and,
240
–41,
249
–51,
253
Fayetteville Shale and,
155
,
192
finances of,
9
,
156
–57,
159
,
161
,
166
–67,
169
,
171
,
173
–75,
187
–88,
192
,
198
–204,
207
–8,
241
–42,
249
–55,
257
,
263
fracking and,
158
,
163
–64,
188
,
239
–41,
267
gas and,
9
–10,
154
–55,
160
–62,
164
,
168
,
174
–75,
178
–79,
185
–90,
194
,
197
–206,
209
,
231
,
240
–41,
245
,
247
–51,
253
–55,
257
,
267
hedge fund of,
198
–99
lawsuits of,
171
–72
management style of,
158
–61,
175
–76,
178
–79,
188
–95,
197
–98,
203
–4,
206
,
208
,
245
,
251
,
255
,
303
Marcellus Shale and,
192
–93,
228
,
231
Pope and,
240
–42,
249
–55,
257
,
263
reading of,
177
–78
Ward’s relationship with,
156
,
168
–70,
175
–76,
197
,
200
McClendon, Joe C.,
164
–65,
167
McClendon, Kathleen Upton Byrns,
166
,
171
,
173
,
202
Mace, Robert E.,
108
–9
McKibben, Bill,
264
–66
Mad Money,
206
Magnolia Petroleum,
21
,
277
Marathon Oil,
117
Byington and,
41
–42
finances of,
39
,
42
,
49
and fracking of Irene Kovaloff,
39
–42,
44
,
49
,
52
,
60
,
62
Marble, Bill,
153
–54
Marcellus Shale,
17
,
189
,
195
,
227
–32,
239
,
267
accidents in,
228
–29
extent of,
2
,
234
,
238
fracking and,
221
,
227
–29,
231
–32
gas and,
2
,
193
,
225
,
228
,
230
–32,
234
Gold’s parents’ land and,
2
,
14
McClendon and,
192
–93,
228
,
231
New York and,
255
–56,
261
Sullivan County and,
215
,
218
–22,
230
–31,
234
,
237
water contamination and,
229
–31
well construction integrity and,
286
–89
Marcellus Shale Coalition,
290
Marc 1 Hub pipeline,
222
,
224
–26
Matt 2H well,
11
,
31
–33
Meadows, Dennis,
94
–96
Meadows, Donella,
94
–95
Mehoopany, Pa.,
26
–27
Melvin, Marshel “JR,”
299
Merrill Lynch,
166
,
180
methane,
32
,
142
,
231
,
235
well construction integrity and,
272
,
287
,
290
,
308
–9
Miller, Randy,
104
–8
Milo Unit,
217
–18
mineral rights, mineral rights leasing,
21
–27,
295
–96
Austin Chalk and,
176
–77
Barnett Shale and,
150
–55,
191
–93,
295
Bartonville and,
300
Celestia and,
212
–13
Chesapeake and,
1
,
4
,
10
–11,
14
,
26
–27,
152
,
154
–55,
191
–94,
197
–98,
201
–2,
206
,
210
,
217
–19,
221
,
228
,
237
,
245
Devon and,
137
,
142
–43,