The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters

by Gregory Zuckerman

Book Overview

Everyone knew it was crazy to try to extract oil and natural gas buried in shale rock deep below the ground. Everyone, that is, except a few reckless wildcatters - who risked their careers to prove the world wrong.
 

Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was in steep decline and natural gas was hard to find. The Iraq War threatened the nation’s already tenuous relations with the Middle East. China was rapidly industrializing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591846455
• ISBN13: 9781591846451
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Portfolio
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher