Earlier this year, Forbes Southwest Bureau Chief Christopher Helman posted an in-depth look at how fracking had completely changed the US energy industry –
and where the industry might be headed next, based on a series of
exclusive interviews with Harold Hamm, chairman of Continental
Resources, and one of the most influential people in the energy
business.
Hamm sees the rise in fracking across states like Texas,
Colorado, Pennsylvania and North Dakota as part of “Cowboyistan” a new
energy power which has fast become a rival to OPEC nations and other
petrogiants like Russia.
In light of the EPA Study released today that found little impact on
America’s water supply by the practice of fracking, it’s worth taking
another look at two of the graphics in Helman’s story, which show the
rise in oil and gas production, and how it’s changed America’s position
in the global energy market.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danbigman/2015/06/04/epa-study-of-frackings-impact-on-drinking-water-two-charts-on-the-power-of-the-fracking-boom-infographic/?ss=energy