The right answer to this is George Mitchell. Now who is George Mitchell? George Mitchell was a Texas oil man. He was the son of a Greek goat herder. And George Mitchell is the man most responsible for pioneering fracking. And he did it in the Barnett Shale under Fort Worth and Dallas. Fracking unlocked the shale revolution which resulted in massive production of natural gas, much of it in Texas, although also in Pennsylvania and Ohio and other states across the country. (32:12–32:18)
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Asserts that George Mitchell pioneered fracking.
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