The Boom (60 page)

mixing of oil and,

98

–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

,

214

–15,

218

–20,

230

,

232

–33

in Trinity Aquifer,

97

–98,

108

–12

well construction integrity and,

71

,

271

–72,

276

,

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,

181

–83

Wise County, Tex.:

fracking and,

92

–93,

103

Mitchell and,

88

,

92

–93,

98

,

100

–101,

103

,

105

,

107

–12

Trinity Aquifer and,

108

–9

water contamination and,

98

,

101

,

107

,

110

,

112

Woodin well,

67

Woodlands, Tex.,

7

,

91

,

107

,

117

–18,

133

,

271

Woodrow Starr #1 well,

43

World War II,

70

–74,

84

,

90

fracking and,

64

,

73

oil and,

49

,

70

–71,

74

Wyoming,

38

,

82

–83,

246

,

309

XTO Energy,

154

,

188

,

196

Yamani, Sheikh Zaki,

305

Yost, Al,

84

–85,

146

Zilkhas family,

113

Zoback, Mark,

272

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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)

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

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