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Frackers The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters

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ISBN-10: 1591847095

ISBN-13: 9781591847090

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gregory Zuckerman

List price: $18.00
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“A lively, exciting, and definitely thought-provoking book.” —BooklistThings looked grim for American energy in 2006, but a handful of wildcatters were determined to tap massive deposits of oil and gas that giants like Exxon and Chevron had ignored. They risked everything on a new process called fracking. Within 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 the frackers—their ambitions, personalities, and foibles—better than Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman. His exclusive access drives this dramatic narrative, which stretches from North Dakota to Texas to…    
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Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/28/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.49" wide x 8.35" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

GREGORY ZUCKERMAN is a senior writer at theWall Street Journal,where he has been a reporter for twelve years. He pens the widely read ldquo;Heard on the Streetrdquo; column and writes about hedge funds, investing, and other Wall Street topics. Zuckerman appears on CNBC twice a week to explain complex trades. He is a two-time winner of the Gerald Loeb Award for coverage of the credit crisis, the demise of WorldCom, and the collapse of hedge fund Amaranth Advisors, and he is a recipient of other awards.  From the Hardcover edition.