and proximity of wells,
19
–20
regulation of,
23
,
25
,
43
,
98
–99,
101
,
106
,
109
–11,
113
,
151
,
180
,
232
,
287
,
289
,
291
Spindletop and,
68
–69
Steinsberger on,
131
–32
Sullivan County and,
225
–26
superstitions and,
54
,
71
,
151
–52,
277
–78
technology of extraction of,
59
–60,
63
,
66
–70,
74
Titusville and,
63
,
65
–67
U.S. consumption of,
5
–6,
49
U.S. importation of,
33
–35,
49
–50,
59
,
83
,
122
,
303
–4
U.S. production of,
24
,
33
–34,
49
–51,
74
,
77
–78,
304
Utica Shale and,
206
,
221
well construction integrity and,
271
–72,
277
,
280
,
285
,
292
from Wilmington oil field,
118
–19
Oil!
(Sinclair),
10
Oil and Gas Investor,
250
Oklahoma,
3
,
7
,
68
,
73
,
122
,
153
,
187
,
192
–93,
200
,
229
,
250
East Virgil prospect and,
170
,
173
Golden Trend and,
168
McClendon’s finances and,
201
and opposition to coal,
247
–49
recession in,
9
Oklahoma Capitol building,
146
Oklahoma City, Okla.,
75
,
171
Chesapeake’s corporate campus in,
1
,
11
,
157
,
159
,
186
,
190
,
202
Devon and,
135
–36,
138
,
141
,
143
,
157
McClendon and,
8
–9,
156
–58,
163
–64,
166
–67,
169
,
178
,
190
,
194
,
202
,
241
Nichols and,
140
,
156
,
158
Sullivan County leasing and,
217
,
219
Oklahoma City Thunder,
9
,
156
,
163
,
201
Olson
10
–15 #1H well,
54
–57
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC),
16
–17,
44
,
50
,
161
,
282
,
304
Paraskevopoulus, Savvas,
88
–89,
96
Parker, Bonnie,
120
,
123
Penn Square Bank,
9
,
167
Pennsylvania,
129
–30,
205
,
229
–35,
297
abandoned wells in,
231
–32
fracking and,
63
–64,
66
–68,
235
,
239
,
256
gas and,
237
,
255
,
260
Gold’s parents’ land in,
1
–5,
7
,
10
–14
Hanger and,
266
–67
Marcellus Shale and,
193
,
227
–31,
255
,
267
,
289
water contamination in,
30
–32,
229
–33
well construction integrity and,
287
,
289
–90
see also
Sullivan County, Pa.
Permian Basin,
130
,
181
,
192
,
230
Perot, Ross, Jr.,
295
Perot Museum of Nature and Science,
295
–96,
298
,
310
Perry, Rick,
245
–46
petroleum engineering, birth of,
100
Phillips Unit,
217
Pickens, T. Boone,
136
,
200
,
252
Pickering, Dan,
197
Pinkerton, John,
193
,
227
–28
Plotner, Ralph E.,
170
–72
Plowshare, Project,
80
–82
Ponder, Tex.,
120
,
122
–23,
131
Pope, Carl:
gas and,
241
,
249
–50,
253
–55,
257
,
259
,
265
McClendon and,
240
–42,
249
–55,
257
,
263
population growth,
90
,
94
–96
Post-it gate,
106
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act,
225
Price, Tom, Jr.,
244
,
250
proppants,
127
Proteus, Andy,
232
radial differential temperature log tool (RDT),
274
–76,
278
–81,
288
,
307
building new version of,
281
,
283
–86,
292
–93
Railroad Commission, Tex.,
98
,
101
,
106
,
109
–11
Rajszel, Pawel,
205
Randall, Jack,
154
Range Resources,
193
,
227
–28
Reagan, Ronald,
141
,
225
Rees-Jones, Trevor,
150
,
295
Reibson, Betty and Milo,
215
–21,
237
Renz #1 well,
227
Rio Blanco blast,
82
Roberts, Edward A. L.,
63
–70
torpedo of,
63
,
66
–70,
73
Robertson, Ron,
300
Rockefeller, John D., Sr.,
65
,
70
,
134
Roncalio, Teno,
82
–83
Ross #1 well,
255
–58,
262
Rowland, Marcus,
178
,
180
Royal Dutch Shell,
25
,
99
,
118
,
149
,
199
,
231
–32
rubble chimneys,
81
–82
Ruffalo, Mark,
261
Rulison bomb,
81
Russia,
16
,
57
sand,
116
and fracking of Irene Kovaloff,
40
–44,
48
,
61
fracking technology and,
27
,
30
,
40
,
47
,
51
,
75
–77,
117
,
119
–21,
126
–27,
226
,
280
Sanders, Bernie,
199
San Juan Basin,
142
–43,
181
Sarbanes-Oxley Act,
160
Saudi Arabia,
17
,
23
,
44
,
50
–51,
304
–5
Saxon Oil,
141
Schieber, Juergen,
17
Schlumberger,
125
Deepwater Horizon and,
274
–75
well construction integrity and,
274
–76,
287
,
290
screen outs,
117
–18,
120
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
138
,
140
shales,
93
,
295
and comparisons between Burkburnett and modern communities,
25
–27
comparisons between sandstone and,
127
–29
Cooke and,
275
–76
Devon’s research and,
143
,
155
Eads and,
195
–96
energy and,
14
–15,
25
–27,
34
,
151
–52,
155
,
302
–3,
305
–7
Engelder on,
234
–35
Foster on,
143
–45,
147
–48
fracking and,
19
,
28
–29,
48
,
60
,
64
,
80
,
84
–85,
117
,
128
–29,
147
,
188
,
190
history and,
14
–18
Ingraffea on,
235
–36
and limits on gas well production,
131
McClendon and,
9
–10,
154
–56,
160
–61,
163
,
188
,
191
–93,
195
–97,
206
–7
mineral rights leasing and,
23
–24,
191
–93,
198
,
206
Mitchell and,
7
–8,
89
,
135
–36
overachieving wells in,
147
water and,
14
–15,
117
,
270
–71
well construction integrity and,
272
,
275
,
286
–87,
308
–9
see also specific shales
S. H. Griffin #4 well:
fracking of,
117
–25,
128
–30,
147
–48
wells in vicinity of,
123