Scott Tinker

These are big shale gas basins in the country. And you mean big. Big. They're huge. They're big. Right. And oil followed, more technology. Natural gas is a little molecule. I think you'll be interested in this. Why do you have to frack? Why do you have to crack rock? Okay, and here's why.

These are big shale gas basins in the country. And you mean big. Big. They're huge. They're big. Right. And oil followed, more technology. Natural gas is a little molecule. I think you'll be interested in this. Why do you have to frack? Why do you have to crack rock? Okay, and here's why.

And when you're cracking rock, what you're doing is putting water, which is not very compressible, under a lot of pressure, and then putting it into the ground under pressure and releasing that pressure. And that pressure release cracks rock down there a couple, five, six, 10,000 feet. Cracks the rock, makes these little teeny cracks. Why?

And when you're cracking rock, what you're doing is putting water, which is not very compressible, under a lot of pressure, and then putting it into the ground under pressure and releasing that pressure. And that pressure release cracks rock down there a couple, five, six, 10,000 feet. Cracks the rock, makes these little teeny cracks. Why?

And when you're cracking rock, what you're doing is putting water, which is not very compressible, under a lot of pressure, and then putting it into the ground under pressure and releasing that pressure. And that pressure release cracks rock down there a couple, five, six, 10,000 feet. Cracks the rock, makes these little teeny cracks. Why?

Well, because the holes where the natural gas is, are, the molecules are, are about, they're so small, they're in the nanometer scale. I could fit about a hundred of those little holes across the width of one human hair.

Well, because the holes where the natural gas is, are, the molecules are, are about, they're so small, they're in the nanometer scale. I could fit about a hundred of those little holes across the width of one human hair.

Well, because the holes where the natural gas is, are, the molecules are, are about, they're so small, they're in the nanometer scale. I could fit about a hundred of those little holes across the width of one human hair.

Yeah, there are a hundred of those little teeny pools across one human hair. And so the molecules, it's not easy to get them out of there. Now, so you gotta crack that rock. You're creating, you got little teeny rooms and you're creating little pathways, doorways and hallways for them to flow toward a lower pressure area.

Yeah, there are a hundred of those little teeny pools across one human hair. And so the molecules, it's not easy to get them out of there. Now, so you gotta crack that rock. You're creating, you got little teeny rooms and you're creating little pathways, doorways and hallways for them to flow toward a lower pressure area.

Yeah, there are a hundred of those little teeny pools across one human hair. And so the molecules, it's not easy to get them out of there. Now, so you gotta crack that rock. You're creating, you got little teeny rooms and you're creating little pathways, doorways and hallways for them to flow toward a lower pressure area.

And that wellbore, when it comes down and goes down and cracks rock, and then you open it up, you've created a low pressure pipe and everything wants to go towards low pressure, like humans. Hey, less pressure, give me less pressure, I'm good. I don't like the high pressure. In they go, and they start to flow up. So that's why fracking, hydraulic fracturing, came about.

And that wellbore, when it comes down and goes down and cracks rock, and then you open it up, you've created a low pressure pipe and everything wants to go towards low pressure, like humans. Hey, less pressure, give me less pressure, I'm good. I don't like the high pressure. In they go, and they start to flow up. So that's why fracking, hydraulic fracturing, came about.

And that wellbore, when it comes down and goes down and cracks rock, and then you open it up, you've created a low pressure pipe and everything wants to go towards low pressure, like humans. Hey, less pressure, give me less pressure, I'm good. I don't like the high pressure. In they go, and they start to flow up. So that's why fracking, hydraulic fracturing, came about.

It had been happening again for five decades.

It had been happening again for five decades.

It had been happening again for five decades.

Cracking vertical. And then the horizontal wells, they came together. So that changed things here. Our natural gas production in 2007-8 from shale, that's the name of these rocks, was about 4% of our natural gas came from shale in 08. Today, 70%. Wow.

Cracking vertical. And then the horizontal wells, they came together. So that changed things here. Our natural gas production in 2007-8 from shale, that's the name of these rocks, was about 4% of our natural gas came from shale in 08. Today, 70%. Wow.

Cracking vertical. And then the horizontal wells, they came together. So that changed things here. Our natural gas production in 2007-8 from shale, that's the name of these rocks, was about 4% of our natural gas came from shale in 08. Today, 70%. Wow.