George P. Mitchell
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George Phydias Mitchell was an American businessman, real estate developer and philanthropist from Texas credited with pioneering the economic extraction of shale gas.
Mitchell in 2011
The Mitchell Physics Building on Texas A&M University's campus.
Fracking
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Fracking is a well stimulation technique involving the fracturing of formations in bedrock by a pressurized liquid. The process involves the high-pressure injection of "fracking fluid" into a wellbore
George P. Mitchell
…about 10,000 wells, including more than 1000 wildcat wells. In the 1980s and 1990s, the company experimented with application of different techniques of hydraulic fracturing of the Barnett Shale of Texas, eventually finding the right technique to economically extract the natural gas in the formation. The approach was widely…
Fracking the Bakken Formation in North Dakota
Well stimulation methods. Fracking is highlighted in yellow.
Shale gas drilling rig near Alvarado, Texas
A graphic created to argue that modern-era fracking poses no risk of groundwater contamination.