Not exact matches
U.S.
shale producers have
pioneered new techniques to
drill oil more efficiently but also in places that were once seen as impossible.
The pace of oil and gas production gains has consistently surprised forecasters since horizontal
drilling and hydraulic fracturing, better known as «fracking», were
pioneered in U.S.
shale rock formations about ten years ago.
Pennsylvania native Pitzarella of Range points out how his company has
pioneered reuse of wastewater from the
drilling process, and how it was the first
shale operator to disclose chemicals used at each of its wells.