,
243
–45,
248
,
262
–65
deregulation of,
266
gas and,
5
,
32
,
35
–36,
59
,
178
,
180
,
225
,
241
,
244
–45,
248
,
262
–65,
267
prices of,
183
,
225
,
237
renewable energy and,
35
,
113
,
254
,
263
,
301
–2
Ellenberger formation,
143
–45,
153
–54
El Paso, El Paso Merchant,
195
California energy crisis and,
182
–84
energy trading of,
180
–86
El Paso Natural Gas,
80
,
82
Emerson, Arne,
295
employees, employment,
21
–22,
25
,
47
in Bakken Shale,
46
,
52
Chesapeake and,
159
,
191
,
208
energy consumption and,
5
gas and,
304
–5
Gearhart and,
282
,
291
incomes of,
62
layoffs and,
75
,
115
,
251
,
257
,
282
McClendon’s background and,
167
–68
Marcellus Shale and,
228
–29
in Mehoopany,
26
New York and,
261
North Dakota and,
37
–38,
46
,
57
oil prices and,
125
Sullivan County and,
214
,
225
–26,
236
unemployment and,
46
,
186
well construction integrity and,
286
–88,
290
energy,
94
,
239
,
270
,
284
change and,
12
,
36
,
50
,
151
–52,
155
,
213
,
302
–3,
306
Chesapeake’s finances and,
194
–95
Chu on,
58
–59
conservation of,
72
–73,
83
,
99
,
301
Cooke and,
280
crises in,
82
–83,
180
,
182
–85,
282
deregulation of,
178
,
180
–81
ethics issues and,
12
Fast and,
72
–73,
79
fracking and,
2
,
5
–6,
13
,
17
,
29
,
34
–36,
81
–82,
128
,
143
,
238
,
240
,
260
,
272
,
300
–301,
303
,
305
–8
in future,
232
,
266
,
268
,
301
Hanger and,
266
–67
independents and,
2
–5
McClendon and,
8
–10,
158
–63,
175
,
178
,
187
,
189
,
194
,
241
,
248
–50
mineral rights and,
13
,
23
–24,
191
Mitchell and,
90
,
96
–97,
106
,
113
Nixon on,
50
,
81
,
83
,
162
Perot Museum and,
295
Pope and,
241
,
254
,
251
,
259
and proximity of wells,
19
shales and,
14
–15,
25
–27,
34
,
151
–52,
155
,
302
–3,
305
–7
sharing information on,
190
Steinsberger and,
121
–22
Sullivan County and,
210
,
213
–14,
224
,
234
–37
trading in,
180
–86,
197
–201,
245
U.S. policy on,
50
,
58
–59,
81
,
83
,
162
,
301
–8
Ward and,
168
–69
see also specific sources of energy
Energy Department, U.S.,
82
,
272
,
306
Engelder, Terry,
233
–36
Enron,
173
–74,
185
,
201
,
205
energy trading of,
180
–81
environment,
4
–6,
33
–34,
276
,
301
of Burkburnett,
20
–21,
34
coal and,
242
,
245
–48
Deepwater Horizon and,
260
–61,
274
fracking and,
5
–6,
9
–10,
13
,
30
,
59
,
80
,
240
,
248
,
263
,
292
,
309
gas and,
225
,
245
,
261
,
267
Hanger and,
266
–67
McClendon and,
240
–41,
249
–51,
253
mineral rights and,
23
Mitchell and,
9
–10,
95
–97
modern shale communities and,
25
,
27
New York and,
256
–58,
262
Pope and,
240
–42,
249
–51,
254
,
259
Sullivan County and,
214
–15,
222
–24,
232
–37
water contamination and,
see under
water
see also
climate change
Environmental Defense Fund,
261
Environmental Quality Commission, Tex.,
309
EOG Resources,
55
,
188
,
228
–29,
295
Etheridge, Carolyn,
107
Ewing, Jay R.,
149
–50
Exxon, Exxon Mobil,
3
,
21
,
71
,
91
,
134
,
196
,
267
,
304
Cooke and,
271
,
277
–80,
288
Southlake and,
298
–99
Tillerson and,
24
,
58
,
154
,
300
,
303
Farris, Riley “Floyd,”
71
–76
cement and,
71
–72,
75
fracking and,
72
–73,
75
–76,
78
Fast, Bob,
72
–79
background of,
72
,
79
fracking and,
73
,
75
–76,
78
–79,
92
Fast, Rob,
73
,
79
Fayetteville Shale,
155
,
192
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),
183
–84
Fersing, Jan,
204
Finger Lakes,
258
Fish, Anthony,
61
–62
Flatirons Development,
286
–90
Fort Worth, Tex.,
5
,
117
,
188
,
204
,
227
,
281
,
295
–96,
298
Barnett Shale and,
3
,
15
,
123
,
145
,
150
,
153
–54,
295
Grimes’s lawsuit and,
22
mineral rights leases and,
88
,
150
,
153
–54,
295
Mitchell and,
7
,
87
–88,
151
oil engineering community in,
126
–28
Steinsberger and,
115
–16,
121
,
125
–27
Trinity Aquifer and,
108
water contamination and,
97
–98
Fort Worth Petroleum Club,
153
Foster, Brad,
143
–45,
147
–48
Founders Well Participation Program,
202
–3,
208
Four Sevens Oil,
150
–51
Fox, Josh,
239
,
260
,
267
fracturing, hydraulic fracturing (fracking):
Bakken Shale and,
38
–49,
51
–57,
60
–62,
303
Barnett Shale and,
103
–4,
113
,
117
–25,
128
–30,
143
–49,
153
–54,
227
,
303
Bartonville and,
299
–300
benefits of,
19
,
25
–27,
33
,
261
Cooke and,
270
–71,
280
–81,
292
Devon and,
143
–44,
149
,
155
,
190
early experiments on,
54
–55
environment and,
5
–6,
9
–10,
13
,
30
,
59
,
80
,
240
,
248
,
263
,