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Great video of the technology that is driving our energy bonanza: Hydraulic...

From Marathon Oil –”Safe, cost-effective refinements in hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking), horizontal drilling and other innovations now allow for the production of oil and natural gas...

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Videos on the hydraulic fracturing process and the energy prosperity it has...

Here’s the technology driving our energy bonanza. Here’s another great animation (see another one here) of the drilling technology that is responsible for America’s revolutionary, game-changing,...

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Sand mining frenzy and controversy hits small Minnesota town where farmers...

Last July, I wrote about how a new sand boom in Wisconsin and Minnesota (America’s “sandbox”)  is creating prosperity, shovel-ready jobs, and “sand millionaires,” but is also generating lots of...

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Video: ‘The top ten mistakes David Letterman made on hydraulic fracturing’

Back in July, I featured a CD post and video of David Letterman going on a 2-minute anti-fracking tirade.  On his TV show, Letterman started by saying “I’m not smart enough to understand fracking,”...

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Shale gas has brought economic prosperity to key swing states PA and Ohio;...

FrackNation: The 2012 election may come down to two swing states: Ohio and Pennsylvania. Both states are in the midst of an economic boom brought by increased natural gas production. Does President...

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More controversy over frac sand: “regulatory capture”

I’ve reported several times recently on the “sand mining frenzy” in Wisconsin and Minnesota that is creating both “sand prosperity” and “sand millionaires”, and at the same time creating a lot of “sand...

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Eagle Ford Shale: the most profitable oil field in the world with dozens of...

As I reported previously, crude oil production in Texas has roughly doubled in just the last three years, from 1.08 million barrels of output per day in September 2009 to 2.05 million barrels per day...

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Timelapse of drilling and fracking an Eagle Ford Shale well

The timelapse video above shows the drilling and fracking of a typical well in the Eagle Ford Shale area of Texas. It was captured in the summer of 2012 by Marathon Oil.

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Controversial ‘pro-fracking’ documentary premieres tonight

Hollywood, CA—FrackNation, the controversial “pro-fracking” documentary, premieres on Mark Cuban’s AXS TV tonight, January 22, at 9 p.m. Eastern. “We’re excited that America gets to see the truth...

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‘Petropreneur’ and ‘father of fracking’ George Mitchell, R.I.P.

More than any single person, Texas oil man and petrochemical engineer George P. Mitchell gets credit for developing the drilling technology known as hydraulic fracturing that created a shale oil and...

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America’s shale revolution is providing significant economic and...

From my op-ed in today’s Detroit News “Get Onboard Shale Revolution“: Despite the significant economic benefits from the development of domestic energy resources, U.S. oil and gas companies are up...

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