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The natural gas well that changed everything

by Daniel Yergin

Sep 15, 2020

In this excerpt, Daniel Yergin writes about a man’s determination to extract gas from underground rock denser than concrete.

Natural gas is flared off at a plant outside of Cuero, Texas.

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Energy sector woes muddying the future of sand mines

by Andy Uhler

Jul 13, 2020

Sand is an important material used in fracking for oil and gas. When prices dive and oil companies cut costs, sand mines shut down.

$A truck used to carry sand for fracking in Odessa, Texas. The recent oil bust has been felt in the sand mining business.$

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Reporter's notebook: a bitterly contested $8 billion pipeline along the Appalachian Trail

by Scott Tong

Feb 24, 2020

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court case to be heard Monday.

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Questions about shale production arise as U.S. oil production falls

by Scott Tong

Oct 1, 2019

Analysts have raised questions about the limits of shale oil wells in the United States.

$A high-pressure gas line crosses over a canal in an oil field over the Monterey Shale formation where fracking is used to extract oil and gas in Lost Hills, California, in 2014.$

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Amid fracking boom, some drillers struggle to earn

by Scott Tong

Jul 11, 2019

Natural gas companies are struggling, in large part because the prices they’re selling at are so low.

$Swallows fly past a high-pressure gas line crossing a canal in an oil field over the Monterey Shale formation where gas and oil are extracted using fracking near Lost Hills, California.$

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Central Texas sand mines shift west, taking jobs with them

by Andy Uhler

May 13, 2019

The market for McCulloch County sand has been drying up.

BRADY, TX. January 28, 2019. The Momentive Sand Plant outside of Brady.

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Energy giants to ramp up Permian Basin fracking

Mar 5, 2019

The Permian Basin is now far from the preserve of the independent producer.

$Pump jacks are seen using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.$

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In West Texas, growing oil production comes with deadly highways

by Travis Bubenik

Mar 4, 2019

A combinations of dense traffic and time-pressed truckers has led to a spike in fatal crashes.

Trucking instructor Don Jefferies outside the training class he teaches at Houston Community College.

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After 7-year ban, fracking for gas resumes in U.K.

by Stephen Beard

Nov 8, 2018

Drilling company contends with protests as minor earthquakes trigger delays.

$Anti-fracking protester Julie Daniels standing outside the fracking site in Little Plumpton, Lancashire.$

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Fracking made the U.S. a major oil producer, but not energy independent

Sep 12, 2018

Author of "Saudi America," Bethany McLean tells us about why the key ingredient in fracking is capital, not chemicals.

$A Cabot Oil & Gas natural gas drill stands at a hydraulic fracturing site in South Montrose, Pennsylvania. The process is controversial with critics who say it could poison water supplies, while the natural-gas industry says it's been used safely for decades.$

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