Shale boom
Subtitle: the Barnett Shale play and Fort Worth
By: Diana Davids Hinton
Publisher: TCU Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780875656854
Subjects: Oil wells; Gas wells; Petroleum industry and trade; Hydraulic fracturing; Gas well drilling; Case studies; Shale gas reservoirs; Shale gas industry
Description: Shale Boom: The Barnett Shale Boom in North Texas is a study of the opening up of the Barnett Shale to enormous gas production and how that led to an urban gas drilling boom in the Fort Worth metroplex.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Oilman's graveyard?; title: Opening the Barnett; title: Elephant in rabbit country; title: Into the boom; title: From boom to bust; title: Backlash; title: Fear of fracking; title: Conclusion: in retrospect.