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Author:
Hinton, Diana Davids, 1943- author.
Title:
Shale boom : the Barnett Shale play and Fort Worth / Diana Davids Hinton.
Publisher:
TCU Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xi, 229 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Gas wells--Fort Worth Basin--Fort Worth Basin--Case studies.
Shale gas reservoirs--Fort Worth Basin--Fort Worth Basin--Case studies.
Gas wells--Fort Worth Basin--Fort Worth Basin--Hydraulic fracturing--Case studies.
Oil wells--Fort Worth Basin--Fort Worth Basin--Hydraulic fracturing--Case studies.
Gas well drilling--Environmental aspects--Fort Worth--Fort Worth--Case studies.
Shale gas industry--Social aspects--Texas--Case studies.
Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--Texas--Case studies.
Gas well drilling--Environmental aspects.
Gas wells.
Gas wells--Hydraulic fracturing.
Oil wells--Hydraulic fracturing.
Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects.
Shale gas reservoirs.
Texas.
Texas--Fort Worth.
Texas--Fort Worth Basin.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Fossil Fuels.
Case studies.
Contents:
Oilman's graveyard? -- Opening the Barnett -- Elephant in rabbit country -- Into the boom -- From boom to bust -- Backlash -- Fear of fracking -- Conclusion: in retrospect.
Summary:
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.
ISBN:
0875656854
9780875656854
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1015807275
LCCN:
2018016244
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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