150
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East Virgil prospect and,
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fracking and,
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gas and,
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–69,
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McClendon and,
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Marcellus Shale and,
228
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255
Mitchell and,
24
,
88
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92
–93,
97
,
107
,
150
–51
New York and,
255
,
258
Permian Basin and,
130
severing surface ownership from,
13
,
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,
25
stealing oil and,
291
Sullivan County and,
14
,
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–11,
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–19,
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229
,
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–33,
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–37
well construction integrity and,
273
Mining Bureau, Calif.,
99
Mitchell, Cynthia Woods,
89
,
91
,
134
Mitchell, George P.,
7
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background of,
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Barnett Shale and,
8
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88
,
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Boonsville Bend and,
93
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101
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Cambe and,
86
–88,
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energy change and,
302
–3
fracking and,
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,
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–4,
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,
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–23,
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–35,
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lawsuits and,
107
–12
mineral rights and,
24
,
88
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92
–93,
97
,
107
old age of,
89
–90,
112
–14
on population growth,
90
,
95
–96
on regulating gas,
112
–13
on sustainability,
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water contamination and,
98
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100
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107
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112
Wise County and,
88
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92
–93,
98
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100
–101,
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Mitchell, Todd,
90
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104
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112
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133
Mitchell Energy & Development Corporation,
7
–8,
90
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93
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95
,
98
–113,
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–37,
149
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Barnett Shale and,
8
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15
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103
–4,
112
,
124
,
134
–36,
143
,
150
–51
Devon’s acquisition of,
137
,
143
–45,
155
,
162
finances of,
101
–2,
104
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107
–8,
115
,
122
,
126
,
129
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133
–34,
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fracking and,
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–85,
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–19,
121
–23,
125
–26,
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,
135
–36,
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–44,
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imitators of,
150
–51
lawsuits of,
101
,
105
–12
sale of,
134
–37
Steinsberger and,
115
–19,
121
,
125
–26,
129
,
133
,
190
water and,
98
–101,
105
–12
Wise County and,
98
,
100
,
105
,
107
–12
Mobil,
95
,
118
,
134
see also
Exxon, Exxon Mobil
Moniz, Ernest,
33
moonlighters,
68
Morgantown Energy Technology Center,
84
Morris, Harvey,
183
napalm,
73
–74,
76
,
129
National Mining Association,
244
National Public Radio,
259
natural gas,
38
–39,
69
,
196
,
301
abundance of,
35
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39
,
131
,
189
,
197
,
209
,
242
,
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,
254
,
262
,
265
–68,
303
–6
accidents and,
226
,
229
,
232
–33,
260
and acidization of wells,
70
Barnett Shale and,
3
,
8
,
15
,
102
–4,
109
,
117
,
120
–22,
124
–25,
131
–32,
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–45,
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–55,
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benefits of,
35
–36,
58
–59,
306
Boonsville Bend and,
93
,
101
–2
Brune and,
263
–64,
266
Cambe and,
86
–87
carbon emissions and,
10
–11,
34
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36
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241
,
249
,
254
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258
,
264
–67,
307
–8
Chesapeake and,
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–55,
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–87,
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–94,
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climate change and,
32
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34
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245
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249
–50,
264
–66,
308
–9
coal vs.,
5
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32
,
131
,
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,
241
–42,
244
–51,
254
,
258
–67,
306
,
308
–9
Cooke and,
275
,
278
–79,
281
demand for,
75
,
131
,
179
,
245
,
249
,
268
Devon and,
137
,
141
–42,
144
–45,
148
,
150
,
152
,
190
East Virgil prospect and,
170
–71
electricity and,
5
,
32
,
35
–36,
59
,
178
,
180
,
225
,
241
,
244
–45,
248
,
262
–65,
267
energy trading and,
181
–83,
197
–201,
245
Farris’s research and,
72
–73
finances of,
see under
economics, economy
fracking and,
2
–3,
5
–6,
13
,
18
,
23
–24,
27
–31,
33
,
73
–74,
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–78,
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–22,
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–30,
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147
–48,
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262
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305
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309
Gold’s parents’ land and,
1
,
4
–5,
10
–11,
32
green completions and,
32
,
309
–10
Grimes’s lawsuit and,
22
–23
and Gulf of Mexico,
19
,
113
,
164
,
273
–74
health impact assessments and,
308
history and,
14
,
16
–18,
74
independents and,
2
–5
McClendon 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
Marcellus Shale and,
2
,
193
,
225
,
228
,
230
–32,
234
mineral rights leasing and,