by Russell Gold
McClendon, Kathleen Upton Byrns, 166, 171, 173, 202
Mace, Robert E., 108–9
McKibben, Bill, 264–66
Mad Money, 206
Magnolia Petroleum, 21, 277
Marathon Oil, 117
Byington and, 41–42
finances of, 39, 42, 49
and fracking of Irene Kovaloff, 39–42, 44, 49, 52, 60, 62
Marble, Bill, 153–54
Marcellus Shale, 17, 189, 195, 227–32, 239, 267
accidents in, 228–29
extent of, 2, 234, 238
fracking and, 221, 227–29, 231–32
gas and, 2, 193, 225, 228, 230–32, 234
Gold’s parents’ land and, 2, 14
McClendon and, 192–93, 228, 231
New York and, 255–56, 261
Sullivan County and, 215, 218–22, 230–31, 234, 237
water contamination and, 229–31
well construction integrity and, 286–89
Marcellus Shale Coalition, 290
Marc 1 Hub pipeline, 222, 224–26
Matt 2H well, 11, 31–33
Meadows, Dennis, 94–96
Meadows, Donella, 94–95
Mehoopany, Pa., 26–27
Melvin, Marshel “JR,” 299
Merrill Lynch, 166, 180
methane, 32, 142, 231, 235
well construction integrity and, 272, 287, 290, 308–9
Miller, Randy, 104–8
Milo Unit, 217–18
mineral rights, mineral rights leasing, 21–27, 295–96
Austin Chalk and, 176–77
Barnett Shale and, 150–55, 191–93, 295
Bartonville and, 300
Celestia and, 212–13
Chesapeake and, 1, 4, 10–11, 14, 26–27, 152, 154–55, 191–94, 197–98, 201–2, 206, 210, 217–19, 221, 228, 237, 245
Devon and, 137, 142–43, 150, 152
East Virgil prospect and, 171
fracking and, 23–24, 123, 296
gas and, 1, 23–24, 97, 150–55, 168–69, 193, 245, 310
McClendon and, 166–70, 188, 190–93
Marcellus Shale and, 228, 232, 255
Mitchell and, 24, 88, 92–93, 97, 107, 150–51
New York and, 255, 258
Permian Basin and, 130
severing surface ownership from, 13, 21, 25
stealing oil and, 291
Sullivan County and, 14, 210–11, 214–19, 224–25, 229, 232–33, 236–37
well construction integrity and, 273
Mining Bureau, Calif., 99
Mitchell, Cynthia Woods, 89, 91, 134
Mitchell, George P., 7–10, 86–93, 115, 129, 133–36, 152
background of, 7, 9–10, 88–91, 96, 111–12
Barnett Shale and, 8, 15, 88, 92–93, 102–4, 109, 113, 124
Boonsville Bend and, 93, 101–2
Cambe and, 86–88, 91
energy change and, 302–3
fracking and, 8–10, 24, 84–85, 92, 103–4, 113, 122–23, 134–35, 271
lawsuits and, 107–12
mineral rights and, 24, 88, 92–93, 97, 107
old age of, 89–90, 112–14
on population growth, 90, 95–96
on regulating gas, 112–13
on sustainability, 7, 90–91, 96–97, 113
water contamination and, 98, 100, 107, 110, 112
Wise County and, 88, 92–93, 98, 100–101, 103, 107–9
Mitchell, Todd, 90, 104, 112–13, 133
Mitchell Energy & Development Corporation, 7–8, 90, 93, 95, 98–113, 133–37, 149, 306
Barnett Shale and, 8, 15, 103–4, 112, 124, 134–36, 143, 150–51
Devon’s acquisition of, 137, 143–45, 155, 162
finances of, 101–2, 104, 107–8, 115, 122, 126, 129, 133–34, 137, 144
fracking and, 8, 24, 84–85, 103, 117–19, 121–23, 125–26, 129, 135–36, 143–44, 190
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, 39, 131, 189, 197, 209, 242, 245, 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, 144–45, 148–55, 303
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, 36, 241, 249, 254, 258, 264–67, 307–8
Chesapeake and, 1–2, 9, 15, 27, 152, 154–55, 173, 177, 185–87, 193–94, 197, 199, 205, 241, 248, 252
climate change and, 32, 34, 241, 245, 249–50, 264–66, 308–9
coal vs., 5, 32, 131, 225, 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, 76–78, 80–85, 92, 120–22, 126–27, 129–30, 135, 143, 147–48, 188, 248, 262, 298, 303, 305, 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, 1, 23–24, 97, 150–55, 168–69, 193, 245, 310
Mitchell and, 7–8, 24, 86–88, 90–93, 95, 97–101, 103–13, 115, 125–26, 134–37, 150–51
mixing of water and, 98–101, 105–6, 109, 111, 230–31, 272, 286–88
New York and, 255, 257–59, 261–62
Nichols and, 135, 141, 144, 148, 156
in North Dakota, 39, 309–10
Perot Museum and, 295–96
Pope and, 241, 249–50, 253–55, 257, 259, 265
and proximity of wells, 19–20
regulation of, 25, 32, 98–99, 101, 103, 106, 109–13, 151, 260, 287, 289, 291, 309
renewables and, 36, 254, 261–62, 266–67
shortages of, 75, 82–83, 102, 122, 187–88, 225, 241, 304
Steinsberger and, 116–17, 120–22, 125–26, 128, 131–32
Sullivan County and, 211, 214–15, 217, 219–20, 222–26, 229–30, 232–37
superstitions and, 71, 151–52
Turner’s lease and, 10–11
UGR and, 83–85
U.S. energy policy and, 81, 302–5, 307
U.S. importation of, 35, 84, 122
U.S. production of, 24, 33, 74, 84, 187, 209, 304
water contamination and, 97–98, 100–101, 105–12, 230–31
well construction integrity and, 271–72, 278, 281, 285–89
New Mexico, 10, 142,
181
New York, 2, 63, 166, 173, 195, 215, 222, 234, 237
Downs and, 255–59, 261–63
Ross #1 and, 255–58, 262
Nichols, John W.:
Devon and, 141, 155
drilling fund of, 138–42
Nichols, Larry, 135–38
background of, 138, 140–41, 156
comparisons between McClendon and, 155–56
conservatism of, 141, 148, 151, 156
Devon’s acquisitions and, 137, 142–44, 155, 157
Gold’s visit with, 156–58
and research and development, 143–44, 148, 155
and sale of Mitchell Energy, 135–37
Niels Esperson Building, 88, 91–92, 95, 111–12
Nigeria, 33–34, 50, 125
Nilles, Bruce, 258–59
9/11 terrorist attacks, 137–38, 151, 251
Nixon, Richard, 50, 81, 83, 162
Nogee, Alan, 261
noise logs, 288–89
Nolte, Kenneth, 129
North Dakota, 3, 5–6
Bakken Shale in, 33, 38, 43–46, 49, 57
employment and, 37–38, 46, 57
fracking and, 37–49, 51–57, 60–62, 122
gas and, 39, 309–10
oil in, 6, 33, 38–39, 42–44, 49–50, 55–57, 60, 130, 310
North Field, 17
Norton, Wylie, 211, 232–33
nuclear power, 79–83, 266, 303
fracking and, 80–83, 129
gas vs., 5, 35–36, 254
in Germany, 302
opposition to, 79, 263
Nucor, 304, 306
Obama, Barack, 58–59
Occidental Petroleum, 176
Ohio, 2, 5, 192, 206–7, 221
oil, 2–10, 84, 103–6, 196, 231, 234–35, 254, 264, 303–6
Austin Chalk and, 176–77
Bakken Shale and, 33, 38–40, 43–44, 46–47, 49, 54–58, 62, 303
Barnett Shale and, 117, 132
benefits of, 19, 21, 58–59
Burkburnett and, 20–23, 27, 30, 34, 300
Cambe and, 86–87
Chesapeake and, 173, 179, 187, 194, 199, 252
Chu on, 59
Cooke and, 277–79, 281–82
Deepwater Horizon and, 260–61, 273–74
demand for, 74–75
drawbacks of, 19–22, 34, 59
drilling funds and, 139–40, 142
Eads and, 180, 185, 204
East Virgil prospect and, 170–71
extracted in Los Angeles, 149
Farris’s research and, 71–72
finances and, 8–9, 50, 56–57, 74, 125, 129, 133–34, 138, 141, 167, 179, 282, 285
Fish’s background and, 61–62
fracking and, 2–3, 5–6, 13, 18, 23, 27–30, 33–34, 40–41, 43–44, 48, 52, 54, 62–64, 66–70, 75–78, 80, 82, 103, 297, 303, 305
Gearhart and, 281–83, 285, 291
and Gulf of Mexico, 19, 75, 113, 134, 164, 260, 273–74
history and, 14, 16–18, 63–83
independents and, 2–3
industry research on, 70–74, 76–79
McClendon and, 9–10, 161–62, 164–65, 167–69, 174, 190, 198–99, 201–2, 206
mineral rights and, 21–22, 168, 191, 193
Mitchell and, 7–10, 86–87, 90–92, 95, 97, 105–6, 111, 134
mixing of water and, 98–100, 279
Nichols and, 138, 140–42, 156
in North Dakota, 6, 33, 38–39, 42–44, 49–50, 55–57, 60, 130, 310
peak, 57, 77–79
Permian Basin and, 130, 230
Perot Museum and, 295–96
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
f
racking 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, 123–24, 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
