fracking interesting fact22 Nov 2018 22:38
maverick who went from voice in the wilderness to billionaire prophet: George Mitchell, the father of shale drilling.
Mitchell started experimenting with the idea of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” into shale rock in the 1980s. It took thousands of wells and 30 years for the American oil industry to widely adopt the practices he pioneered. When it did, the U.S. became the largest fossil fuel producer on the planet, permanently altering the global energy trade. Mitchell died in 2013 at 94 with a $2 billion fortune.
lets hope for a fracking good xmas ?