"Oh yeah--and one point I've gotten used to in years in and around the natural gas business --I never use the word "explosive." :)"
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Rick Smead replied to Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant's discussion The Explosive Evolution of Fracking: A 75-Year JourneyRick Smead replied to Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant's discussion The Explosive Evolution of Fracking: A 75-Year Journey"GREAT HISTORY. Little known fact though, at least according to The Boom by Russell Gold (excellent book) is that George Mitchell personally was not responsible for trying slickwater in Barnett. It was Nick Steinsberger, an engineer…"
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- At 9:04 on January 22, 2014,
Keith Mauck (Site Publisher) said… Hi Rick,
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GoHaynesvilleShale.com (GHS) was launched in 2008 during a pivotal moment in the energy industry, when the Haynesville Shale formation—a massive natural gas reserve lying beneath parts of northwest Louisiana, east Texas, and southwest Arkansas—was beginning to attract national attention. The website was the brainchild of Keith Mauck, a landowner and entrepreneur who recognized a pressing need: landowners in the region had little access to…
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