Gregory Zuckerman is a special writer at The Wall Street Journal and the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever. He is a two-time winner of the Gerald Loeb Award and a winner of the New York Press Club Journalism Award. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and two sons.
Everyone knew it was crazy to try to extract oil and natural gas buried in shale rock deep below the ground. Everyone, that is, except a few reckless wildcatters - who risked their careers to prove the world wrong.
Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was in steep decline and natural gas was hard to find. The Iraq War threatened the nation’s already tenuous relations with the Middle East. China was rapidly industrializing and competing for resources. Major oil companies had just about given up on new discoveries on U.S. soil, and a new energy crisis seemed likely.
But a handful of men believed everything was about to change.
Far from the limelight, Aubrey McClendon, Harold Hamm, Mark Papa, and other wildcatters were determined to tap massive deposits of oil and gas that Exxon, Chevron, and other giants had dismissed as a waste of time. By experimenting with hydraulic fracturing through extremely dense shale—a process now known as fracking—the wildcatters started a revolution. In just a few years, they solved America’s dependence on imported energy, triggered a global environmental controversy—and made and lost astonishing fortunes.
No one understands these men—their ambitions, personalities, methods, and foibles—better than the award-winning Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman. His exclusive access enabled him to get close to the frackers and chronicle the untold story of how they transformed the nation and the world. The result is a dramatic narrative tracking a brutal competition among headstrong drillers. It stretches from the barren fields of North Dakota and the rolling hills of northeastern Pennsylvania to cluttered pickup trucks in Texas and tense Wall Street boardrooms.
Activists argue that the same methods that are creating so much new energy are also harming our water supply and threatening environmental chaos. The Frackers tells the story of the angry opposition unleashed by this revolution and explores just how dangerous fracking really is.
The frackers have already transformed the economic, environmental, and geopolitical course of history. Now, like the Rockefellers and the Gettys before them, they’re using their wealth and power to influence politics, education, entertainment, sports, and many other fields. Their story is one of the most important of our time.
大量的石油使用,使得石油这种可再生资源面临枯竭的可能。如今高科技的发展,能不能也如添加剂一般,左一个,右一个添加在一起,就调和成如今人们已经无法离开的石油呢?事实证明应该是不可行的,于是美国石油大亨们在石油越来越贫乏的今天,想到了在岩石中开采出石油。真是没...
评分没有什么如工业革命般对近代世界产生如此大的影响,而工业革命又主要是由能源推动革命进步的。能源对于当今世界发展的重要作用也不言而喻。能源影响着一个国家的经济发展、国计民生甚至是外交关系,还可能直接引发战争,所以没有战争的现代世界,对于能源的争夺与攫取,就成了...
评分页岩革命 一群默默无闻的小人物,掀起一场波澜壮阔的能源大革命。 怎样一群小人物? 乔治•米切尔,米切尔能源公司创始人。 奥布里•麦克伦登,切萨匹克能源公司创始人之一。 哈罗德•哈姆,大陆能源公司创始人。 对于普通人,他们也是亿万富翁了。但是对于国际石油巨头...
评分 评分本书是非虚构类、纪实写作,类似中国的报告文学。讲了有关页岩气(油)在美国开采的经历,以各种人物进行贯穿。如果您从事石油相关工作,那么好的这是一本讲述石油新纪元的书,如果您只是普通读者,那么好的本书可以当小说读——讲了美国梦实现的故事。估计没机会做石油开采相...
很有趣的一本书,对于我这个门外汉,了解页岩气到底是怎么一回事儿还是很足够的。段子也够多,自由市场可以激发好的创造,同时也可能作恶,这个是需要注意的。
评分后半部分写的有凑字数之嫌啊,有时候震撼业界的技术,其实简单直白的讲似乎毫不起眼,但是却足以影响千万人的生活
评分很有趣的一本书,对于我这个门外汉,了解页岩气到底是怎么一回事儿还是很足够的。段子也够多,自由市场可以激发好的创造,同时也可能作恶,这个是需要注意的。
评分1)自由市场经济决定了适宜的激励制度;2)发达资本市场提供了充沛的资金来源;3)法律制度保障了私有化的开采权;4)地理数据公开,基础设施完善;5)地广人稀,自然资源丰厚;6)美国特色不惧失败的创业精神 => 一场改变美国,影响世界的页岩能源革命由此到来。向无畏坚持的Wildcatters致敬!
评分美国页岩油革命的入门书籍,通过此书可以很好的了解那些如雷贯耳的油气公司,Continental、EOG、LNG等等,的发家历程。简单记录一点感受:1、大宗商品市场绝对可以让人一下子暴富暴穷,商品价格波动+企业运营杠杆+人性的贪婪,可以使资产价值短时间内发生翻天覆地的变化;2、大宗商品市场投资与运营,需要眼光找对方向,需要胆量敢于下注,需要自省懂得控制,需要耐心能够坚持,最后,也肯定需要一些运气;3、向Papa、Hamm、Tom、Aubrey、Souki这些企业家致敬,期待下一个大宗商品周期的大戏!
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