The Frackers

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.

出版者:Portfolio

作者:Gregory Zuckerman

页数:416

出版时间:2013-11-5

价格:USD 29.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781591846451

图书标签:能源石油创业energy美国finance金融oil

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.

读后感

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用户评价

作者很业余 , Initial Production 都不标明一下是IP24, IP30,还是IP90. 但比读行研报告有趣很多，事在人为，公司实在不是data machine, assign a management premium/discount,太应该不过。

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。

非常好看的关于能源的一本书，但说融资10亿很容易真的大丈夫？

非常好看的关于能源的一本书，但说融资10亿很容易真的大丈夫？

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！