–24,
130
–31
Shoemakers,
237
–38
Sierra Club,
297
Brune and,
252
–53,
263
gas and,
249
,
254
–55,
257
–59,
263
McClendon and,
248
–55,
263
New York and,
255
,
257
–59
and opposition to coal,
241
–43,
250
,
253
–54,
257
–58,
263
–64
Pope’s management style and,
240
–42,
251
–54,
257
,
259
Silkwood, Karen,
164
Silurian shales,
16
–17
Sinclair, Upton,
10
Smiley, Brian,
269
–70,
284
,
286
,
291
–93
Smith International,
282
–83
Society of Petroleum Engineers,
270
,
281
solar power,
34
–35,
96
,
254
,
262
–64,
266
,
301
Fast and,
72
–73
fracking and,
240
,
306
Mitchell and,
97
,
113
Southlake, Tex.,
298
–99
Southwestern Energy,
27
,
155
Spindletop well,
68
–69
Standard Oil,
65
,
70
,
134
,
143
Stanolind Oil and Gas,
70
–79
fracking and,
43
,
74
,
78
–79,
92
,
122
,
282
,
297
research of,
70
–74,
76
–79,
297
Steinsberger, George,
118
,
125
Steinsberger, Nick,
115
–33
background of,
116
,
118
–20,
122
,
125
Barnett Shale and,
117
–20,
124
,
132
fracking and,
117
–26,
128
–30,
133
,
190
,
301
Gold’s visit with,
123
–24,
130
–32
Mitchell Energy and,
115
–19,
121
,
125
–26,
129
,
133
,
190
Sullivan County, Pa.,
210
–26,
228
Celestia and,
211
–14
economy of,
225
–26,
235
,
237
gas accidents and,
226
,
229
,
232
–33
gas pipelines in,
222
–26,
229
,
234
,
237
geology of,
230
–31
Gold’s parents’ land and,
4
,
12
,
210
–11,
214
,
232
–33
lawsuits in,
219
–21
mineral rights leasing and,
14
,
210
–11,
214
–19,
224
–25,
229
,
232
–33,
236
–37
public debate in,
233
–36
transformation of landscape of,
222
–24
water and,
210
,
214
–15,
218
–20,
230
,
232
–33
Susquehanna River,
31
,
222
,
256
swell packers,
55
–56
taxes,
4
,
138
–42,
176
Celestia and,
212
–14
Devon and,
141
–42
drilling funds and,
139
–42
Teller, Edward,
80
Terrell, John,
298
Texas,
3
–4,
6
–7,
14
–16,
25
,
49
–50,
56
,
68
–70,
120
,
125
,
127
–30,
175
,
205
,
227
,
229
,
279
,
283
,
295
,
300
air pollution and,
309
Austin Chalk and,
176
–77
Devon and,
144
,
150
Eagle Ford in,
57
,
192
energy trading and,
181
,
200
fracking and,
24
,
75
–76,
127
–28,
271
Grimes’s lawsuit and,
22
–23
Mitchell and,
7
,
15
,
97
,
105
,
111
,
115
,
271
and opposition to coal,
242
–49
Permian Basin in,
130
,
181
,
192
,
230
and regulation of oil and gas,
98
,
101
,
106
,
109
–11,
151
,
180
small-time operators in,
170
stealing oil and,
291
wind power and gas in,
36
Texas A&M University,
5
,
89
–91
Texas Clean Sky Coalition,
243
,
250
There Will Be Blood,
291
THUMS project,
118
–19,
125
Tillerson, Rex,
24
,
58
,
154
,
300
,
303
Time,
94
Tinker, Scott,
28
Tintera, John,
25
Tioga County, Pa.,
221
–22,
231
Titusville, Pa.,
63
–67
Todd, John C.,
87
Trallo, John,
236
–37
Transco pipeline,
222
Trinity Aquifer,
97
–98,
108
–12
Trust Company of the West (TCW),
173
,
175
Tschacher, Pat,
44
Tulsa, Okla.,
106
–7,
145
,
170
,
199
,
248
Fast and,
72
–73,
75
Stanolind and,
43
,
70
,
72
Turner, Ted,
10
–11
TXU Energy,
243
–47
Uhl, Frank,
286
–87
ultrasonic image logs,
287
,
289
–90
Unconventional Gas Research Program (UGR),
83
–85
Union Pacific Resources,
127
–28
Utica Shale,
192
,
206
–7,
221
Vance, Harold,
90
–91
Veale Ranch #1H well,
146
–47
volumetric production payments (VPPs),
194
,
205
Voser, Peter,
25
Wagner, Curtis,
183
Wagon Wheel, Project,
82
–83
Walker, Ray,
118
,
127
–28
Wall Street Journal,
184
,
297
n
coverage of McClendon in,
162
,
166
Deepwater Horizon and,
274
Gold’s employment at,
2
–3,
162
,
166
,
274
Ward, Tom,
198
background of,
168
–69
Chesapeake’s origins and,
169
–70,
172
–75
East Virgil prospect and,
170
–72
finances of,
171
,
173
–75,
200
lawsuits of,
171
–72
McClendon’s relationship with,
156
,
168
–70,
175
–76,
197
,
200
management style of,
175
–76
mineral rights leasing and,
168
–70
water,
138
,
142
,
282
Austin Chalk and,
176
Bartonville and,
299
–300
Burkburnett and,
21
contamination of,
5
,
30
–32,
97
–98,
100
–101,
105
–12,
218
,
229
–33,
248
,
258
–60,
262
–63,
270
–73,
276
,
286
–87,
289
Cooke and,
270
–71,
276
,
278
–79
fracking and,
2
,
5
–6,
8
–10,
13
–15,
29
–32,
40
–41,
43
–45,
51
–53,
55
,
61
–62,
73
,
75
,
78
,
103
,
117
–22,
124
,
126
–29,
135
,
143
–44,
146
–47,
154
,
190
,
227
,
229
–30,
233
,
248
,
258
,
270
,
286
,
292
,
306
–7
Gold’s parents’ land and,
31
–32,
232
Mitchell and,
98
–101,
105
–12
mixing of gas and,
98
–101,
105
–6,
109
,
111
,
230
–31,
272
,
286
–88