Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Petroleum is the fuel of modernity. It does more than just keep the lights on and your car moving. It is an input in almost everything you have ever used or purchased. Without petroleum, there is no Internet, no cell phones, and no Christmas ornaments. #2 Shale is a type of rock formation that often holds petroleum. It is trapped within the rock in tiny pockets that are mere microns across. Drilling through a shale layer will indeed release small bits of pressure and produce small amounts of petroleum, but only for a few days. #3 The fracking process involves injecting liquid into a well and forcing it down to the rock layers, where it cracks open the rock and allows the trapped petroleum to flow back to the horizontal shaft, laterally to the vertical shaft, and up and out into the fieldâs surface gathering system. #4 Shale is a mix of not just natgas, light oil, and lease condensate, but also petroleum gases like propane and butane. The formations of West Texasâ Permian and Californiaâs Monterrey are a jumbled mess of stacked and interpenetrating layers.
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