1
,
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97
,
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168
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193
,
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310
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7
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,
86
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90
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95
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97
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103
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115
,
125
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134
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mixing of water and,
98
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105
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109
,
111
,
230
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272
,
286
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New York and,
255
,
257
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261
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Nichols and,
135
,
141
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144
,
148
,
156
in North Dakota,
39
,
309
–10
Perot Museum and,
295
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Pope and,
241
,
249
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253
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257
,
259
,
265
and proximity of wells,
19
–20
regulation of,
25
,
32
,
98
–99,
101
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103
,
106
,
109
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151
,
260
,
287
,
289
,
291
,
309
renewables and,
36
,
254
,
261
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266
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shortages of,
75
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82
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102
,
122
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187
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225
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241
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304
Steinsberger and,
116
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120
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125
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128
,
131
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Sullivan County and,
211
,
214
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217
,
219
–20,
222
–26,
229
–30,
232
–37
superstitions and,
71
,
151
–52
Turner’s lease and,
10
–11
UGR and,
83
–85
U.S. energy policy and,
81
,
302
–5,
307
U.S. importation of,
35
,
84
,
122
U.S. production of,
24
,
33
,
74
,
84
,
187
,
209
,
304
water contamination and,
97
–98,
100
–101,
105
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230
–31
well construction integrity and,
271
–72,
278
,
281
,
285
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New Mexico,
10
,
142
,
181
New York,
2
,
63
,
166
,
173
,
195
,
215
,
222
,
234
,
237
Downs and,
255
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261
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Ross #1 and,
255
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262
Nichols, John W.:
Devon and,
141
,
155
drilling fund of,
138
–42
Nichols, Larry,
135
–38
background of,
138
,
140
–41,
156
comparisons between McClendon and,
155
–56
conservatism of,
141
,
148
,
151
,
156
Devon’s acquisitions and,
137
,
142
–44,
155
,
157
Gold’s visit with,
156
–58
and research and development,
143
–44,
148
,
155
and sale of Mitchell Energy,
135
–37
Niels Esperson Building,
88
,
91
–92,
95
,
111
–12
Nigeria,
33
–34,
50
,
125
Nilles, Bruce,
258
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9/11 terrorist attacks,
137
–38,
151
,
251
Nixon, Richard,
50
,
81
,
83
,
162
Nogee, Alan,
261
noise logs,
288
–89
Nolte, Kenneth,
129
North Dakota,
3
,
5
–6
Bakken Shale in,
33
,
38
,
43
–46,
49
,
57
employment and,
37
–38,
46
,
57
fracking and,
37
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51
–57,
60
–62,
122
gas and,
39
,
309
–10
oil in,
6
,
33
,
38
–39,
42
–44,
49
–50,
55
–57,
60
,
130
,
310
North Field,
17
Norton, Wylie,
211
,
232
–33
nuclear power,
79
–83,
266
,
303
fracking and,
80
–83,
129
gas vs.,
5
,
35
–36,
254
in Germany,
302
opposition to,
79
,
263
Nucor,
304
,
306
Obama, Barack,
58
–59
Occidental Petroleum,
176
Ohio,
2
,
5
,
192
,
206
–7,
221
oil,
2
–10,
84
,
103
–6,
196
,
231
,
234
–35,
254
,
264
,
303
–6
Austin Chalk and,
176
–77
Bakken Shale and,
33
,
38
–40,
43
–44,
46
–47,
49
,
54
–58,
62
,
303
Barnett Shale and,
117
,
132
benefits of,
19
,
21
,
58
–59
Burkburnett and,
20
–23,
27
,
30
,
34
,
300
Cambe and,
86
–87
Chesapeake and,
173
,
179
,
187
,
194
,
199
,
252
Chu on,
59
Cooke and,
277
–79,
281
–82
Deepwater Horizon and,
260
–61,
273
–74
demand for,
74
–75
drawbacks of,
19
–22,
34
,
59
drilling funds and,
139
–40,
142
Eads and,
180
,
185
,
204
East Virgil prospect and,
170
–71
extracted in Los Angeles,
149
Farris’s research and,
71
–72
finances and,
8
–9,
50
,
56
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74
,
125
,
129
,
133
–34,
138
,
141
,
167
,
179
,
282
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285
Fish’s background and,
61
–62
fracking and,
2
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5
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13
,
18
,
23
,
27
–30,
33
–34,
40
–41,
43
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48
,
52
,
54
,
62
–64,
66
–70,
75
–78,
80
,
82
,
103
,
297
,
303
,
305
Gearhart and,
281
–83,
285
,
291
and Gulf of Mexico,
19
,
75
,
113
,
134
,
164
,
260
,
273
–74
history and,
14
,
16
–18,
63
–83
independents and,
2
–3
industry research on,
70
–74,
76
–79
McClendon and,
9
–10,
161
–62,
164
–65,
167
–69,
174
,
190
,
198
–99,
201
–2,
206
mineral rights and,
21
–22,
168
,
191
,
193
Mitchell and,
7
–10,
86
–87,
90
–92,
95
,
97
,
105
–6,
111
,
134
mixing of water and,
98
–100,
279
Nichols and,
138
,
140
–42,
156
in North Dakota,
6
,
33
,
38
–39,
42
–44,
49
–50,
55
–57,
60
,
130
,
310
peak,
57
,
77
–79
Permian Basin and,
130
,
230
Perot Museum and,
295
–96