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I Drink Your Milkshake: The Status Of Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation In The Wake Of Coastal V. Garza, Caleb A. Fielder

Caleb A Fielder

The State of Texas is the single largest domestic producer of natural gas in the United States. Most of the natural gas reserves in the state, and indeed in the nation as a whole, are commercially unproductive without the use of hydraulic fracture stimulation. This method, whereby voluminous amounts of fluid are pumped into a wellbore at enormous pressures to create cracks or fractures in the reservoir rock containing the oil or gas, can substantially increase the level of oil and gas production, not just for the individual well but for the entire field.

The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled, …