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# The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World

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    Debt not boom
  

*by L***0 on Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2019*

Fracking seemed like a dream come true ... now we knowGold paints a picture from the past, the time when President Obama and others were lured by the promise of golden treasure.  Gold has not been in West Texas or any of the fracking plays.A criminal investigation in Pa. Marcellus Shale by Pa. Attorney General, alleging environmental crimes against an oil and gas company. “Flaring of methane gas at the well was so loud that it shook the walls of her home,” said a resident who has lived “three years of hell.” Earthquakes in Arkansas and Oklahoma and drinking water pollution are doom, not boom.Gold leaves no room for errors and promotes without reservations an irresponsible practice banned in Australia, the UK, and many European countries. Time has come for a U.S. ban on fracking.Update:Chesapeake Energy—which helped propel the shale gas revolution in the late 2000s with leading positions in the Marcellus, Barnett, and Haynesville shale basins—is now facing tough times trying to heal its balance sheet, on which US$9.7 billion in total debt weighs.The company is looking to improve its balance sheet and is evaluating multiple options to reduce debt and to become, finally, free cash flow positive next year.Update:At the time of its Chapter Eleven bankruptcy filing on June 28, 2020, its stock price stood at $2.99 a share.The BOOM was a loud noise from $9bn of debt.

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    A pretty even handed analysis of fracking and its effects
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2015*

Want to get an accessible introduction to "fracking" (short for hydraulic fracturing)? This should do nicely. This is not a technical tome--far from it. It is a well written book aimed at a general audience. If you want a solid scientific analysis, this is not the book for you. But, if you wish to get a sense of what is at stake, this would be quite useful.The author had family land in Pennsylvania in the Marcellus Shale region (a large pool of underground natural gas). This is a personal story of his effort to learn about fracking--its history, its positive economic effects, its effects on the environment, its effects on the land. One aspect of this work struck me as positive: it is a balanced work. Russell Gold, the author, does not take sides in an overt manner. By the end of this book, I felt that I had learned quite a bit about fracking as a technique and its effects (positive and negative).In the process, one also gets a sense of the major figures in the development of the technique, such as Aubrey McClendon. There were quite a few swashbucklers, like McClendon, who tried to develop their companies as rapidly as possible. Others were more cautious. The examination of a series of key figures humanizes the book, giving us a sense of the personal side of this issue.The final chapter tries to provide an even handed analysis of fracking and its effects. Whether the author succeeds will be up to the readers to decide.

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    Your heirs want you to read this book!
  

*by P***T on Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2015*

For years I have lived right in the middle of the fracking business and never really knew what it was. One of my sons-in-law works in it and I still didn't know what it was. This book reveals the whole thing from Day One, naming names and pointing out where they went wrong and where they went right. There is some humor, some irony and a wealth of good story telling in the volume. Any Anywhere there is oil, even in YOUR backyard, there could be fracking which could make you a millionaire. You owe it to yourself and your heirs to read this book! ... besides, you'll have a lot of fun doing it!

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