Wanted to add my 2 cents as a Canadian and a fair amount of experience in "the patch". I started watching this video with a great amount of trepidation...expecting just another diatribe on the horrors of carbon based fuels. I was pleasantly surprised, a fact based production showing both sides of the issues and honest attempt to describe the history of the development of "tight" gas and "tight" oil in Texas as well as here in Alberta. Just a note to the producers, fracking has been used in North America since the late 1960's. Its been improved, certainly, but it is not a new technique. A hearty thank you to the producers, I learned a lot from this show and thank you especially for your balanced approach and fair treatment of this important issue today.
keep DREAMING BILLIONS invested OVERSEAS no way those investments dry up.more like American interference in others affairs. name me one against America.never have enough for world compensation
@Eliot Thexton Sure it has, the US is the world's largest energy producer, now that we don't need them, they can defend themselves or pay us when we have to defend them. That is what Trump is doing now.
What fkn planet do you live on!? Now more than ever will they have to meddle in it. They have to overthrow all the oil producers of the world to control the supply in order to keep the value of the dollar up.
What fkn planet do you live on!? Now more than ever will they have to meddle in it. They have to overthrow all the oil producers of the world to control the supply in order to keep the value of the dollar up.
@@samthegreekboy6812 You effin moron! They never needed defending, us overthrowing legitimate governments in the middle east by arming religious fanatics caused the strife you see today! They never needed the US, the US needed them to sell the oil in dollars! You idiots talk out of your @s$ and have no idea on how the world actually works!
One of the best docs I’ve seen on the history of modern fracking and on the impact of shale on the world economy in the last decade. Incredible to think how the political landscape would look so much different today had it not been for the fairly recent shale revolution and yet it’s not really something that many people understand or even think about
I am a pro-fracking environmentalist, believe it or not. I am proud of these guys for giving us the energy independence we so much wanted, to get us out of the constant wars in the middle east. Even if fracking ends up being a net loss of investment dollars in the long run, to me it's still worth it compared to the wars (high cost in dollars AND lives) for middle east oil. This gives us the time we needed to continue our transition to renewables without continuing to send our young men overseas to fight for control of oil. Great job guys!!
Peter Ruffu I don’t understand why people like you love to spread Out right and blatant lies there are countless jobs paying very well people making six-figure salary’s who were making $30-$40,000 before they started working in the oil fields
@Harry Clams China is the world leader for renewable energy production. This was an informative echo chamber. Wait until the "heartland's condo - Google - "38th parallel structures" America is doomed. China will own the dollar in the next decade.
I'm not a tree hugger but I live in Ohio and an oil company pumps water out of the river I grew up playing in and are drilling all around my area I've witnessed trucks pull into the lot and dump water onto the ground beside the river no-one will ever convince me that recklessness isn't going to forever taint the water tables around the U.S. once the water supply is tainted it's forever done I don't see how their allowed to just dump water like that
@Stephen Brawner You mean the ones he introduced in 2015??? And the ones the Federal Judge stated he had no power to restrict on public lands in 2016???
@ganymedeIV4 "That's why we gave them a half trillion dollar weapons contract this year....lolololololol" I'll fix it for you. "That's why we *SOLD THEM* a half trillion dollar weapons contract this year...."
This is the 1st documentary on the subject that I've watched that is truly unbiased. Thank you! I'm not for or against it yet. Just gathering information
I don’t care what your ideology is (Republicans, Democrats, environmentalist, pro business, etc) ... You have got to tip your hats off to these guys! The level of ingenuity that came to solve this problem is impressive and their role in the US recovery from the financial crisis 2008 recovery will probably never be knowns by the average Americans.
Thank you for fracking on my parents ranch. With the wells you have drilled and the land you’ve leased will ensure that me nor my kids will ever have to work a day in our lives.
We are actually amajor exporter now more so in chemicals and lgn but plenty of crude its more about our allies not having to buy from russia or the midle east but we cant supply oil to all our friends
Decades!! Holyshit, really? Decades, wow that's tens of years!!!... what do U think are the chances that by then we have figured out a way to avoid using the stuff ?
Grant Perkins .. It's not only a few decades. America now has enough "KNOWN RESERVES" that we can successfully drill to last us over 100 YEARS, easy!! That's a FACT!!
Grant Perkins .. BTW, 'YOU' can easily 'avoid using the stuff~!' Just don't drive anything (including, a bicycle, since its made out of plastic) or heat your home, water for a hot shower or purchase any amenities made out of plastic!! Bet you won't do it, because you just have a BIG MOUTH, but know nothing!!
Slopat you are ignorant to believe in wind power. people in MN think they are buying green energy, when in fact, electrical energy, in any form, once it hits the grid cannot be differentiated. meaning, the grid cannot differentiate between wind power or coal fired power. And these suckers think they are paying big bucks for wind energy, moronic. Also, it takes a shitload of coal fire to start up those wind towers
Pepper Beckett actually, it depends on the quality and size of the windmill, David Hughes (a vial business) owner even said that a windmill in the right location could pay back the energy that went into it in under 3 years
"Conversations with Petroleum Executives and Engineers about the Future of Energy and International Politics" would be a better title. Very interesting documentary.
I'd like to see more on water quality after fracking. I'm concerned that we aren't getting the facts on this. Thanx for an educational and balanced program!!!
I can tell you that in my case (part owner of 7 ng wells) thre ground water was tested both before and after the fracking process. No change. The water table is from 75' to 140' below the surface. The fracking process was happening at 10,000' below the surface. By law all of the data has to be monitored and directly submitted to the state controlling authority. In my case it's the Arkansas Oil n Gas Commission. Go to the website. Its all open, free and transparent for you to search through if you really care about the truth of the matter.
Soon. The first 500 mile range electric powered pickup just came on the market. These fat old money hungry oil men are about to become food for worms and the world won't miss them. It's time to move on (progress).
@@safir2241 no, not quite. Oil companies work with scientists on technology to clean up emissions to amazing levels. Those of us in the oil business love mother earth too. Before we knew what damage s that improper use of oil could do, we thought it was amazing technology. Its one of the ways we defeated Hitler. Sir, you need more education....practical education.
This was a good, non-biased documentary. Lots of valid arguments on both ends of the spectrum with one underlying conclusion that economics will decide what energy (renewable vs fossil) is the best to exploit. Well done. This was a very educational video.
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Texas is part of an experiment to find out how much pollution Texans can be exposed to and live long enough to reproduce with their cousins without the Affordable Care Act.
It must be comfortable on that high horse of yours, especially as you are benefiting from shale gas in one way or another. The components in your computer/phone will likely have input from shale gas somewhere along the chain, and that ACA you love so much will involve a lot of shale gas as hospitals use a ton of power. Then there is the tax revenue which funds social programs such as the now defunct ACA and yet you sit back and mock the people who break their backs pulling the resources out of the ground as if you are somehow better than they are. You benefit greatly from that industry and yet you are completely oblivious to the positive effects it is having in your life. The world is more complex than you seem to understand, the political consequences alone are huge and beneficial. Putin has constantly threatened European nations with gas shortages and they have been paying higher premiums to import gas from other sources in the hope of maintaining a stable supply. With the USA producing like this it will greatly reduce Putin's power in Europe, which is a very good thing.
it doesn't have to negatively affect the environment to be an ugly ass practice...i think everyone involved is contributing to seeeerious kinds of evil. it's always just another money game...
An off shoot of the success of fracking is when they increased the size of the Panama Canal the biggest increase in shipping was LNG ships going from the Eastern US to Asia.
Not so good now, when Saudi Arabia, and Russia started a price war in the beginning of March, 2020. The price dropped like crazy! Then the USA started shutting down due too Coronavirus/COVID-19. Then Russia came back to the the table with OPEC to cut production by 10mil. barrels a day. The supply is more then the demand due to Coronavirus world wide. The price was below $20 a barrel yesterday! What’s the break even price for the SHALE COWBOYS NOW?
This was a very interesting presentation. I appreciate that it was not extremist. Please make more documentaries on such critical subjects. People need unbiased information in this age of editorials posing as factual information.
@Laqhe It's a nice documentary alright, but they did not cover the negative side-effects of fracking, they only mentioned them in passing early on in the video.
"What pollution? Fracking just uses water!" Really? "Ohio Utica wells have been shown to use 25,000-27,000 gallons of petroleum distillate, 6,000 gallons of surfactant, and 9,000-31,000 gallons of gelling agent (various fracking chemicals and additives)." quoted from ChemService, Inc.
I work in the oilfield. I’m a mechanic. I work on production equipment like the engines that make the pump units go round and round. I also work on natural gas compressors that pump gas into the pipelines. I work tirelessly and sometimes round the clock (57 straight hours of work with 0 sleep) to make sure wells and compressors are running. I spend weeks at a time away from my wife and kids to make this happen. Now, no need to thank me cause your ass is warm in the winter, cool in the summer. All those family vacation trips. All the products you’re able to go to the store and purchase. Your clean clothes, the device your reading this comment on and pretty much everything you see and use on a daily basis to make your world turn. I drove my service truck back in on a lease road one time to work on a well on a farmers property once. Here come the old timer and his obese wife riding out in their Gator ( a John Deere utility vehicle) to talk to me. She starts going on about how everything should be solar or wind powered. Well neither the sun or the wind carried her big ass out there to tell me that nor did she walk. Crude oil carried her fat ass out there to tell me that just like crude oil allows all you leftists libtards to sit back and type big shit from your devices. FROM ALL OF US IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, YOU’RE WELCOME!!!!!!!
We have a planet covered in water. Water is hydrogen and oxygen. Water is easily broken with a direct current applied to the water the current going though the water causes the h2o to separate into oxygen and hydrogen.... Capture the gasses and use it. How can it be possible that an the bullshit involved with getting oil and refining it can be anywhere even remotely close to being cheaper to produce than hydrogen fuel from the water that covers this planet? Oil and the process of getting it and transporting it and using it, polutes poisons kills and destroys. Hydrogen has ZERO polution! Completely CLEAN and it even turns back into clean water after it's burned.... We have power being made by solar panels, wind generators, hydro electric generators and many many other ways like right from the air like Tesla showed and even right out of the earth itself. So we could easily supply power to hydrogen generator units from any one or more of the various available sources of renewable energy and we could be making clean non polluting fuel 24/7 365 days every year non stop all over this planet... How can OIL possibly be better or cheaper than that? It's not better or cheaper! What it is, is HUMANITY IS BEING RIPPED OFF PROGRAMMED AND CONTROLLED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RICH ELITE RULERS AND THEIR GOVERNMENTS THEY HAVE IN PLACE TO RULE US AND ENFORCE THE WILL OF THE ELITE RULERS OF THE WORLD.... WE ARE BEING LIED TO AND BEING RIPPED OFF AND BEING KILLED AND OUR PLANET IS BEING DESTROYED BECAUSE OF GREED! THESE OIL SCUMBAGS IN THIS SHOW ARE SCUMBAGS WHO ARE DESTROYING US AND OUR PLANET SO THEY CAN GET MORE WEALTH FOR THEIR GREEDY SCUM ASSES!!!!
we use oil products because the oil company's have a monopoly on fuel. most cost affective is running on WATER.. or hydrogen . heres why.. hydrogen is explosive.. not just flammable like gas.. and you can make hydrogen on demand from the very alternater on your engine putting out 12 volts at 7 amps.
The political price of oil is gigantic. Ask every Western leaders how it feels to go and kiss Saudi hairy butts on a regular basis. Ask all the victims of endless wars in the Middle East. The Sun and wind belong to everybody, it's hard to start a war over sunlight.
@@beckwerks So long as your idea doesn't affect fresh water supply, you present an interesting and compelling narrrative. Are you sharing this info with anyone in Washing ton, D.C. We Americans are [largely] uninformed pragmatists. As much as we villify China's IP violations, we love cheap tech. Do you have the ear of any of the presidential candidates? Have you reached out to Yang? Warren? Sanders? What about Congresswoman AOC?
There was drilling for oil in NW North Dakota in the 80’s. They knew the oil was there but they couldn’t get enough out to justify pumping. With the advancement of fracking they returned in the 2000’s and things panned out.
An excellent documentary which gives an understanding of the economics of fossil energy. We've switched from Camels to Lucky Strikes and we're enjoying it more.
How about thanking the scientists and the engineers? They did it, not Jesus. And not Donald Trump. The fracking industry grew from producing less than 10% of USA's domestic energy in 2008 to producing more than half of USA's energy in 2016. BEFORE Trump took office, mostly before he ran. He had nothing to do with it.
There was drilling in North Dakota in the 80’s, but they couldn’t get much out so they stopped. They returned in the 2000’s. I’ve talked to a guy who was making $80,000 a year working drilling rigs with no training needed. He finally couldn’t take being away from his family here near St.Paul and quit, with a nice chunk of money in his checking account.
Those who have once again get more and more. How many yaghts can you ski behind? Great find but don't forget about those that will never smile like you. Greed. Peace
This provides valuable insight into the complex energy economy. People should attempt to avoid emotional reactions to energy sources, no matter what their preferences are. Fracking is not all good, but its benefits have been grossly underestimated.
so true we here to explore not backwards..but why do Americans in comments think this little field be end game.not even 3% consumption theyall be suprise all the oil for home heating comes from Venezuela..shockingly they dont know .middle east bye bye.not so fast Mexico oil is not the same why you dont see massive pipes.
There is an episode on FullyCharged where the host talks a bout how FRACKING is a complete SCAM and it is unprofitable for most of the companies and they collected a massive amount of debt doing so. Any comments? If its true, energy prices will skyrocket in the future!
At 13:30, notice the salt crust that has accumulated on top of the dirt in that lot where the separator tank is. That crust is evaporated out from the fracking fluid and absolutely does not allow plant life to grow there for a very long time .
He was just lying about it I work out here in west Texas and I have never seen a drilling rig get down less than a month I have seen some up for 3-5 months
Actually fracking took off during the Obama administration when he closed a lot of public land to drilling. All fracking is therefore on private land. A few months ago, Obama took credit for the oil boom saying it started on his watch. Although correct, it was fracking on private land that made it happen, despite his best attempt to throttle the industry. And who would have benefited from that? Why that "important foe," Saudi Arabia.
What actually is "renewable" about renewable energy? Nothing, it's just a word to make somebody somewhere feel all warm and fuzzy. Just like "rain forest", used to be a jungle. But it's hard to get all emotional and caring about a jungle where snakes and spiders and all manner of creepy crawly things call home. But, call it a "rain forest", and oh, it sounds so comfortable and nice and worth saving.
@khana ristobal where are you paying 90k for a 20kw solar system? That's a rip off. Most are priced anywhere from 45k to the high end of 75k. Also the average home only uses 7-10kw of power per years. So that's cuts all your numbers in half. I'm for oil and fracking but if your going to argue about cost, atleast have your numbers right.
This documentary mixes oil and natural gas extraction in the same fracking bag; i'm curious about the proportions of each. Also, how did they use to extract natural gas prior to the fracking method?
I worked in western Kansas for 12 years oil and gas. I truly loved it. I was a smooth operator. I still know the western half of KS, like the back my hand. I wonder? ME
I cant believe texas has any oil left. 65 years ago when I was 8 y/o my great uncle was rich from texas oil. Had a house on a bayou were we couldn't see the neighbors from the window. A reguler J.R. Ewing.
I'm a Landman in West Virginia and I do contact work for O&G companies. There is so much money in fracking. Land owners, Landman, Pipeline workers, Drill Rig workers, Equipment Operators, benefit from this directly. This creates jobs, lowers Natural Gas costs and allows many to support their families. God Bless America & God Bless Capitalism!!! LoL, fracking has been around long before President Trump.
Natural gas-fired power plants have done more to reduce CO2 emissions than any other program for CO2 emission reduction. Natural gas is 80% hydrogen and is the feedstock for most hydrogen production.
@@daveberswick5372 No ground water has been polluted. I live right on top of the shale/fracking and we use well water. It's just fine. I suppose this is another false rumor you've tried to lie to others.
@@aday1637 just asking, how do you know it's safe? Just because it tastes fine, doesnt mean there isnt carcinogens in it. Have you tested your own water? If your water is contaminated, you might not have adverse effects on your body now. But in 10 20 years, you will probably have cancer.
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I think they used "Trump" in the title just to get more attention.
Fracking saved the American economy imo
"in a secret laboratory somewhere in Dallas" clearly shows TCU Energy Institute logos. lol
TCU aint even in Dallas! It's next door in Fort Worth!!
LOL. Dude clothed in purple and a big Horned Frog poster.
@@WhoBeSilly Dallas and Forth Worth are lumped together by most. It's called DFW. It's the same city for most of us...
Lmao! I know!!
"In a secret laboratory..." people from all over the world visit to examine core samples. Haha
Wanted to add my 2 cents as a Canadian and a fair amount of experience in "the patch". I started watching this video with a great amount of trepidation...expecting just another diatribe on the horrors of carbon based fuels. I was pleasantly surprised, a fact based production showing both sides of the issues and honest attempt to describe the history of the development of "tight" gas and "tight" oil in Texas as well as here in Alberta. Just a note to the producers, fracking has been used in North America since the late 1960's. Its been improved, certainly, but it is not a new technique. A hearty thank you to the producers, I learned a lot from this show and thank you especially for your balanced approach and fair treatment of this important issue today.
“US will be less interested in the Middle East.” Less Middle East wars... less foreign interference in our affairs.
keep DREAMING
BILLIONS invested OVERSEAS
no way those investments dry up.more like American interference in others affairs. name me one against America.never have enough
for world compensation
@Eliot Thexton Sure it has, the US is the world's largest energy producer, now that we don't need them, they can defend themselves or pay us when we have to defend them. That is what Trump is doing now.
What fkn planet do you live on!? Now more than ever will they have to meddle in it. They have to overthrow all the oil producers of the world to control the supply in order to keep the value of the dollar up.
What fkn planet do you live on!? Now more than ever will they have to meddle in it. They have to overthrow all the oil producers of the world to control the supply in order to keep the value of the dollar up.
@@samthegreekboy6812 You effin moron! They never needed defending, us overthrowing legitimate governments in the middle east by arming religious fanatics caused the strife you see today! They never needed the US, the US needed them to sell the oil in dollars! You idiots talk out of your @s$ and have no idea on how the world actually works!
One of the best docs I’ve seen on the history of modern fracking and on the impact of shale on the world economy in the last decade. Incredible to think how the political landscape would look so much different today had it not been for the fairly recent shale revolution and yet it’s not really something that many people understand or even think about
I am a pro-fracking environmentalist, believe it or not. I am proud of these guys for giving us the energy independence we so much wanted, to get us out of the constant wars in the middle east. Even if fracking ends up being a net loss of investment dollars in the long run, to me it's still worth it compared to the wars (high cost in dollars AND lives) for middle east oil. This gives us the time we needed to continue our transition to renewables without continuing to send our young men overseas to fight for control of oil. Great job guys!!
Good. 😉
The wars will only be delayed one or two years. I guess the next war will be with Russia, We've warred on everyone else. That one will be a doozie.
One of the most sensible and patriotic statements i have ever seen
We are still at war in the middle east trying to secure oil. lol It will never stop regardless of how much oil we have stateside.
Finally a common sense environmentalist!!!
You’ll never see China or India protesting oil in any form
Liza Tanzawa that’s completely bullshit! You obviously never been in Texas and Oklahoma and see what the oil and gas field does for the small guys
@Liza Tanzawa no you silly, US is buying canadian oil, very cheap, then sell it to the world
Peter Ruffu I don’t understand why people like you love to spread Out right and blatant lies there are countless jobs paying very well people making six-figure salary’s who were making $30-$40,000 before they started working in the oil fields
@Harry Clams China is the world leader for renewable energy production.
This was an informative echo chamber.
Wait until the "heartland's condo - Google - "38th parallel structures" America is doomed.
China will own the dollar in the next decade.
Austin Turner I think he was being sarcastic
I'm not a tree hugger but I live in Ohio and an oil company pumps water out of the river I grew up playing in and are drilling all around my area I've witnessed trucks pull into the lot and dump water onto the ground beside the river no-one will ever convince me that recklessness isn't going to forever taint the water tables around the U.S. once the water supply is tainted it's forever done I don't see how their allowed to just dump water like that
We been fracking in cali since 2006 way before trump
@Guy Baldwin lol! California is full of Cocaine....you get it from your politicians.
@Stephen Brawner You mean the ones he introduced in 2015??? And the ones the Federal Judge stated he had no power to restrict on public lands in 2016???
Stephen Brawner jajajaja thanking trump for it hell nah the only one you should be thanking is George W. Bush
Blessed be the ever increasing earthquakes that develop close to those fracking zones! Shifting mantle, volcano's, pay no attention to that!
Blessed be the ever increasing earthquakes that develop close to those fracking zones! Shifting mantle, volcano's, pay no attention to that!
Thank you for not getting political until the last 45 seconds. The people interviewed in this had interesting things to say.
Guess it's time for OPEC to go pound sand....:)
yep,hahahahahahaha turds
Pound A$$
i thought they already were ??
@ganymedeIV4 "That's why we gave them a half trillion dollar weapons contract this year....lolololololol"
I'll fix it for you.
"That's why we *SOLD THEM* a half trillion dollar weapons contract this year...."
Well said
This is the 1st documentary on the subject that I've watched that is truly unbiased. Thank you! I'm not for or against it yet. Just gathering information
Hello!
This is exactly what the maker of this documentary intended to do. Thank you for noticing.
Country Boy .. Oh yeah, take a. LOOK AT THIS ONE, then tell me how unbiased these left-winger's are. th-cam.com/video/mmyrbKBZ6SU/w-d-xo.html
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@ken shamrock fracking has been going on before Obama was born?
I don’t care what your ideology is (Republicans, Democrats, environmentalist, pro business, etc) ... You have got to tip your hats off to these guys! The level of ingenuity that came to solve this problem is impressive and their role in the US recovery from the financial crisis 2008 recovery will probably never be knowns by the average Americans.
Thank you for fracking on my parents ranch.
With the wells you have drilled and the land you’ve leased will ensure that me nor my kids will ever have to work a day in our lives.
Wow that must be nice to have
True caucasoid
Your very welcome young lady!!
Awesome story !!!!!
0.00001% is you
The Wright Brothers of fracking.
There's a lot more oil in the US than in Texas, Oklahoma, California, Colorado, north Dakota, Pennsylvania... huge amounts under other states.
Hey there , how are you
We are actually amajor exporter now more so in chemicals and lgn but plenty of crude its more about our allies not having to buy from russia or the midle east but we cant supply oil to all our friends
We wouldn't need so much oil if we hadn't listen to the environmentalist imbeciles who said nuclear energy was bad.
One giant sinkhole.
@@josephsmith6777 bomb others.
This was a great documentary, Well done, DW. I wish we could get informed, balanced reporting like this in America.
We are VPRO, not DW. But ok.
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Decades and decades of low cost gas and oil in all shales worldwide. Amazing!
Hi how are you
Decades!! Holyshit, really? Decades, wow that's tens of years!!!... what do U think are the chances that by then we have figured out a way to avoid using the stuff ?
Grant Perkins .. It's not only a few decades. America now has enough "KNOWN RESERVES" that we can successfully drill to last us over 100 YEARS, easy!! That's a FACT!!
Grant Perkins .. BTW, 'YOU' can easily 'avoid using the stuff~!' Just don't drive anything (including, a bicycle, since its made out of plastic) or heat your home, water for a hot shower or purchase any amenities made out of plastic!! Bet you won't do it, because you just have a BIG MOUTH, but know nothing!!
kanana ristobal ..Yeah, will that big fat liar has made millions off of his LIES!! Google to see how GREEN his multi-million dollar homes are, NOT!!
try plugging your furnace into a frozen windmill, in the middle of a blizzard
So ignorant.
Hahaha
Slopat
you are ignorant to believe in wind power. people in MN think they are buying green energy, when in fact, electrical energy, in any form, once it hits the grid cannot be differentiated. meaning, the grid cannot differentiate between wind power or coal fired power. And these suckers think they are paying big bucks for wind energy, moronic. Also, it takes a shitload of coal fire to start up those wind towers
What furnace, work smarter not harder duh th-cam.com/video/EAvY5JeMz9w/w-d-xo.html
Pepper Beckett actually, it depends on the quality and size of the windmill, David Hughes (a vial business) owner even said that a windmill in the right location could pay back the energy that went into it in under 3 years
We all thought George was crazy in the early eighties when Mitchell was doing this ! We thought they were avoiding taxes LOL!
"Economics wins", smart guy...
@Liza Tanzawa, You just don't get it do you ?
In the future the water will cost more than oil because they are going to contaminate all the clean water.
i remember sitting in gas lines during the embargo. flood the market and break OPEC's back
Mauro Reyes libyards don’t get it
OPEC has far more oil than America does.... good luck with that.
@@tomstdenis Maybe he is talking to President Putin when he says to break OPEC's back. That would make sense.
Now they are all going bankrupt how ironic is that
You are overestimating America's leverage. Keep pretending, though.
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"Conversations with Petroleum Executives and Engineers about the Future of Energy and International Politics" would be a better title. Very interesting documentary.
Thanks for the documentary on fracking. Been benefitting from it and not really knowing the details until your video.
I'd like to see more on water quality after fracking. I'm concerned that we aren't getting the facts on this. Thanx for an educational and balanced program!!!
I can tell you that in my case (part owner of 7 ng wells) thre ground water was tested both before and after the fracking process. No change. The water table is from 75' to 140' below the surface. The fracking process was happening at 10,000' below the surface.
By law all of the data has to be monitored and directly submitted to the state controlling authority. In my case it's the Arkansas Oil n Gas Commission. Go to the website. Its all open, free and transparent for you to search through if you really care about the truth of the matter.
Flint Michigan’s water was poisoning their citizens, and it wasn’t due to fracking. So “oil” is NOT the only EVIL in this country!!!
Waiting for someone in this documentary to say “Fracking is racist”
Come back often ~ it's on the 'tip of their tongue~!'
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We must look at the research on how fracking is causing environemental devastation on our water supplies and soils.
And we must research what happens if we continue to be at the mercy of OPEC and other oil producers...and their "embargos and shortages"
If you don't like fracking stop buying oil, natural gas or electricity.
Soon. The first 500 mile range electric powered pickup just came on the market. These fat old money hungry oil men are about to become food for worms and the world won't miss them. It's time to move on (progress).
@@ravenfeather7087 false. Moving on is getting better technology to get the oil and gas out of the ground.
MICROMOUTH //OR YOU COULD GO WIND @ SOLAR /DID YOU EVEN THINK OF THAT ?
Raven Feather hey guess where the electricity comes from to power electric cars.........
Bloody ignorant aren’t you
Total energy independence and not sending money to our enemies. Jobs. Money. Win win
Poisoning water supplies, killing off fauna & flora, perpetuating the fossil fuel industry, ect. Lose lose.
@@safir2241 no, not quite. Oil companies work with scientists on technology to clean up emissions to amazing levels. Those of us in the oil business love mother earth too. Before we knew what damage s that improper use of oil could do, we thought it was amazing technology. Its one of the ways we defeated Hitler. Sir, you need more education....practical education.
The USA being self sufficient good. Im glad we dont have to buy from iraq and the middle east.
We stole it all 😂😂
@@q21wak who gives a shit how we got it soy boy? As long as we got it.
@@jeremydeveraux5626 There's a price , cow boy . China going to get everything . USA is the most hated country in the world
@@jeremydeveraux5626 Say it to Trump, maybe that will help the aftertaste of saudi balls fade away.
@@azurbleu4335 China has no oil and no fleet, they're not getting a damned thing.
Excellent documentary. I had no idea how this all worked.
It's a great many more that "a few men" in Texas. It's an entire industry (with 100,000s of people).
Hi Mark
@@joycecham2804 hi Joyce
100,000s of people didn’t start it.
Mark Adams yay
Nobody mentions Thorium for energy . A material in abundance around the world .
This was a good, non-biased documentary. Lots of valid arguments on both ends of the spectrum with one underlying conclusion that economics will decide what energy (renewable vs fossil) is the best to exploit. Well done. This was a very educational video.
Ultimately choices made on short term economy will destroy the world.
@@slopat2503 "choices made on short term economy" that's the definition of right-wing economics.
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G. Wayne better let Netflix in on that info
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16.38 top secret facility and you got TCU written all over the place
There's an address and a map to the TCU Core Lab right on their website. It's not secret in any way.
visho89 Yeh TCU
Texas is part of an experiment to find out how much pollution Texans can be exposed to and live long enough to reproduce with their cousins without the Affordable Care Act.
It must be comfortable on that high horse of yours, especially as you are benefiting from shale gas in one way or another. The components in your computer/phone will likely have input from shale gas somewhere along the chain, and that ACA you love so much will involve a lot of shale gas as hospitals use a ton of power. Then there is the tax revenue which funds social programs such as the now defunct ACA and yet you sit back and mock the people who break their backs pulling the resources out of the ground as if you are somehow better than they are. You benefit greatly from that industry and yet you are completely oblivious to the positive effects it is having in your life.
The world is more complex than you seem to understand, the political consequences alone are huge and beneficial. Putin has constantly threatened European nations with gas shortages and they have been paying higher premiums to import gas from other sources in the hope of maintaining a stable supply. With the USA producing like this it will greatly reduce Putin's power in Europe, which is a very good thing.
animus apertus, LMAO!!!
Out of college in 1973 , my friend was a geologist and they were fracking wells in northeast Ohio back then
I really like this lady's voice.
I am wondering when this documentary turns into vilifying fossil fuels...
aaaand Minute 35 is where I have better things to do. Love the US all the way from Germany!
That's their intent .. LOOK at this th-cam.com/video/mmyrbKBZ6SU/w-d-xo.html
@buford t. justice no, they won't. They dont know that burning wood makes more pollution than, than a modern car does.(1995- now)
it doesn't have to negatively affect the environment to be an ugly ass practice...i think everyone involved is contributing to seeeerious kinds of evil. it's always just another money game...
Simon Zimmermann and they should cave man
An off shoot of the success of fracking is when they increased the size of the Panama Canal the biggest increase in shipping was LNG ships going from the Eastern US to Asia.
You know the drill. God bless America!
you need it \. fracking is ruining your ground water
These documentaries are awesome...keep 'em coming.
Not so good now, when Saudi Arabia, and Russia started a price war in the beginning of March, 2020. The price dropped like crazy! Then the USA started shutting down due too Coronavirus/COVID-19. Then Russia came back to the the table with OPEC to cut production by 10mil. barrels a day. The supply is more then the demand due to Coronavirus world wide. The price was below $20 a barrel yesterday! What’s the break even price for the SHALE COWBOYS NOW?
Oh well oil just hit $-37 a barrel. There giving it away + paying you $37. Done for now!
This was a very interesting presentation. I appreciate that it was not extremist. Please make more documentaries on such critical subjects. People need unbiased information in this age of editorials posing as factual information.
Thank you for watching and for your comment.
"unbiased information" LOL. Are you some kind of a moron or what?
powerful and very informative documentary, most of my questions were answered. thanks
Thank you for this comment Laqhe! What are you going to make of this information?
@Laqhe It's a nice documentary alright, but they did not cover the negative side-effects of fracking, they only mentioned them in passing early on in the video.
Fracking is killing coal mining. I will take fracking over coal any day.
We have gone completely solar at my home. Trying to get off the monopoly.
Lou Montana fracking is killing our communities making our drinking water into poison.
@@woiowoiow190 ya so is leaking septic tanks and leaking sewage pipe so should we just stop pooping or peeing I mean it would help the aquifers
"What pollution? Fracking just uses water!" Really? "Ohio Utica wells have been shown to use 25,000-27,000 gallons of petroleum distillate, 6,000 gallons of surfactant, and 9,000-31,000 gallons of gelling agent (various fracking chemicals and additives)." quoted from ChemService, Inc.
Brilliant video. Excellent treatment of the subject matter. Very, very well done! Bravo!
"Where ever there is oil, there are Americans" opening line from "Wages of Fear" 1953 film, dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
I work in the oilfield. I’m a mechanic. I work on production equipment like the engines that make the pump units go round and round. I also work on natural gas compressors that pump gas into the pipelines. I work tirelessly and sometimes round the clock (57 straight hours of work with 0 sleep) to make sure wells and compressors are running. I spend weeks at a time away from my wife and kids to make this happen. Now, no need to thank me cause your ass is warm in the winter, cool in the summer. All those family vacation trips. All the products you’re able to go to the store and purchase. Your clean clothes, the device your reading this comment on and pretty much everything you see and use on a daily basis to make your world turn. I drove my service truck back in on a lease road one time to work on a well on a farmers property once. Here come the old timer and his obese wife riding out in their Gator ( a John Deere utility vehicle) to talk to me. She starts going on about how everything should be solar or wind powered. Well neither the sun or the wind carried her big ass out there to tell me that nor did she walk. Crude oil carried her fat ass out there to tell me that just like crude oil allows all you leftists libtards to sit back and type big shit from your devices. FROM ALL OF US IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, YOU’RE WELCOME!!!!!!!
Do you say this to your wife every night? Cause it's a legit turn on. Men taking care of business!!!!
Amen.
we use Fossil Fuels Because It is the MOST Cost Effective! Not Because Of Trump... SMH.... We will Rely only on renewables when It is Cost Effective.
We have a planet covered in water. Water is hydrogen and oxygen. Water is easily broken with a direct current applied to the water the current going though the water causes the h2o to separate into oxygen and hydrogen.... Capture the gasses and use it.
How can it be possible that an the bullshit involved with getting oil and refining it can be anywhere even remotely close to being cheaper to produce than hydrogen fuel from the water that covers this planet?
Oil and the process of getting it and transporting it and using it, polutes poisons kills and destroys.
Hydrogen has ZERO polution! Completely CLEAN and it even turns back into clean water after it's burned.... We have power being made by solar panels, wind generators, hydro electric generators and many many other ways like right from the air like Tesla showed and even right out of the earth itself. So we could easily supply power to hydrogen generator units from any one or more of the various available sources of renewable energy and we could be making clean non polluting fuel 24/7 365 days every year non stop all over this planet... How can OIL possibly be better or cheaper than that? It's not better or cheaper! What it is, is HUMANITY IS BEING RIPPED OFF PROGRAMMED AND CONTROLLED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RICH ELITE RULERS AND THEIR GOVERNMENTS THEY HAVE IN PLACE TO RULE US AND ENFORCE THE WILL OF THE ELITE RULERS OF THE WORLD....
WE ARE BEING LIED TO AND BEING RIPPED OFF AND BEING KILLED AND OUR PLANET IS BEING DESTROYED BECAUSE OF GREED! THESE OIL SCUMBAGS IN THIS SHOW ARE SCUMBAGS WHO ARE DESTROYING US AND OUR PLANET SO THEY CAN GET MORE WEALTH FOR THEIR GREEDY SCUM ASSES!!!!
SMH!
we use oil products because the oil company's have a monopoly on fuel.
most cost affective is running on WATER.. or hydrogen . heres why.. hydrogen is explosive.. not just flammable like gas.. and you can make hydrogen on demand from the very alternater on your engine putting out 12 volts at 7 amps.
The political price of oil is gigantic. Ask every Western leaders how it feels to go and kiss Saudi hairy butts on a regular basis. Ask all the victims of endless wars in the Middle East.
The Sun and wind belong to everybody, it's hard to start a war over sunlight.
@@beckwerks So long as your idea doesn't affect fresh water supply, you present an interesting and compelling narrrative. Are you sharing this info with anyone in Washing ton, D.C. We Americans are [largely] uninformed pragmatists. As much as we villify China's IP violations, we love cheap tech. Do you have the ear of any of the presidential candidates? Have you reached out to Yang? Warren? Sanders? What about Congresswoman AOC?
this video is a spot for the fracking industry....i thought it was a documentary...
Everyone needs to listen to interviews with oil expert Art Berman. You're not going to like it.....but at least you won't be lied to again.
itruck2009 boo hoo
There was drilling for oil in NW North Dakota in the 80’s. They knew the oil was there but they couldn’t get enough out to justify pumping. With the advancement of fracking they returned in the 2000’s and things panned out.
An excellent documentary which gives an understanding of the economics of fossil energy. We've switched from Camels to Lucky Strikes and we're enjoying it more.
HALLELUIA! Energy independence has been prophesied!Thank you Jesus! Bless and protect!
America has enough retrievable OIL to last us at least another 100 years!!
How about thanking the scientists and the engineers? They did it, not Jesus. And not Donald Trump. The fracking industry grew from producing less than 10% of USA's domestic energy in 2008 to producing more than half of USA's energy in 2016. BEFORE Trump took office, mostly before he ran. He had nothing to do with it.
God will destroy those who destroy the earth.
There was drilling in North Dakota in the 80’s, but they couldn’t get much out so they stopped. They returned in the 2000’s. I’ve talked to a guy who was making $80,000 a year working drilling rigs with no training needed. He finally couldn’t take being away from his family here near St.Paul and quit, with a nice chunk of money in his checking account.
Those who have once again get more and more. How many yaghts can you ski behind? Great find but don't forget about those that will never smile like you. Greed. Peace
This provides valuable insight into the complex energy economy. People should attempt to avoid emotional reactions to energy sources, no matter what their preferences are. Fracking is not all good, but its benefits have been grossly underestimated.
so true we here to explore
not backwards..but why do Americans in comments think this little field be end game.not even 3% consumption
theyall be suprise all the oil for home heating comes from Venezuela..shockingly they dont know .middle east bye bye.not so fast
Mexico oil is not the same why you dont see massive pipes.
Having a well produce gas for over 16 years and still going strong is impressive.
with hardly any maintenance. impressive indeed.
There are some that have pumping oil for nearly 60 years!!
not 16 yrs. dude, maybe 12 months ,assuming it is 6/25/17
Makes me proud to be an American: We're now back to # 1 now, & forever!
Till the oil runs out... It will eventually.
There is an episode on FullyCharged where the host talks a bout how FRACKING is a complete SCAM and it is unprofitable for most of the companies and they collected a massive amount of debt doing so. Any comments? If its true, energy prices will skyrocket in the future!
At 13:30, notice the salt crust that has accumulated on top of the dirt in that lot where the separator tank is. That crust is evaporated out from the fracking fluid and absolutely does not allow plant life to grow there for a very long time .
12,000 ft. in 8-9 days! them hands are working there tails off thats fast holeing
12000 ft in 9 days is that possible?
He was just lying about it I work out here in west Texas and I have never seen a drilling rig get down less than a month I have seen some up for 3-5 months
Keep on doing a great Job! Freedom!
Actually fracking took off during the Obama administration when he closed a lot of public land to drilling. All fracking is therefore on private land. A few months ago, Obama took credit for the oil boom saying it started on his watch. Although correct, it was fracking on private land that made it happen, despite his best attempt to throttle the industry. And who would have benefited from that? Why that "important foe," Saudi Arabia.
... But Saudi Arabia is our ally.
Hi
I worked in the Permian basin and I made such good money. I loved it. Until January 2016. That's when oil prices hit rock bottom.
another trump propoganda..In one year miracles have been created by trump..
How is that shale going for yall 😂
Shale oil - we are the future.
Corona virus - yall hold them barrels.
to those funny protesters, stop using your cars, motorbikes, buses, even airplanes ! ... unbelieveable
Fracking is NOT new tech ..its been around since the 60ies
What actually is "renewable" about renewable energy? Nothing, it's just a word to make somebody somewhere feel all warm and fuzzy. Just like "rain forest", used to be a jungle. But it's hard to get all emotional and caring about a jungle where snakes and spiders and all manner of creepy crawly things call home. But, call it a "rain forest", and oh, it sounds so comfortable and nice and worth saving.
great doc
horizonta drilling/fracking is where it all changed, very little vertical/conventional today
Not comforting listening to guys and experts that have eyes sparkling with dollar signs.
Love how they go through process awsome american ingenuity at its finest
Britain's too small to frack, Texas is enormous, you could fit Britain in Texas, just empty desert in Texas
I agree with the hippies on this one.
That's why oil prices went up for a year after this documentary lmao
Excellent documentary. Just a little touch of the environmental politics.
hello how are you
Well there not going to stop.... might as well go work for em and make bank
daniel russell yup
'Murica!
We need to stop ALL oil, coal and gas mining immediately.
Agreed
Renewable energy must keep evolving technology nobody knows how high gas and oil is going to go.
@khana ristobal where are you paying 90k for a 20kw solar system? That's a rip off. Most are priced anywhere from 45k to the high end of 75k. Also the average home only uses 7-10kw of power per years. So that's cuts all your numbers in half. I'm for oil and fracking but if your going to argue about cost, atleast have your numbers right.
This documentary mixes oil and natural gas extraction in the same fracking bag; i'm curious about the proportions of each. Also, how did they use to extract natural gas prior to the fracking method?
I worked in western Kansas for 12 years oil and gas. I truly loved it. I was a smooth operator. I still know the western half of KS, like the back my hand. I wonder? ME
Hello how are you
Lmao Gold Digger ☝
Texas oilmen showing the world how its done and making believers out of doubters.
USA 🇺🇸 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 #1 in the world in everything.
We conquered this great land and turned it into the most prosperous on Earth.
@@lllool8404 prosperity my ass , the Chinese makes you fuckers shit in your pants
I cant believe texas has any oil left. 65 years ago when I was 8 y/o my great uncle was rich from texas oil. Had a house on a bayou were we couldn't see the neighbors from the window. A reguler J.R. Ewing.
5D SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS LoL. No one has ever predicted the end before. LoL.
New land in Texas we have been drilling so we are still good
They're actually afraid of going broke not on becoming increasingly dependent on foreign oil.
Hard to pay back $22.03 trillion in debt lol Beyond broke
I'm a Landman in West Virginia and I do contact work for O&G companies. There is so much money in fracking. Land owners, Landman, Pipeline workers, Drill Rig workers, Equipment Operators, benefit from this directly. This creates jobs, lowers Natural Gas costs and allows many to support their families. God Bless America & God Bless Capitalism!!!
LoL, fracking has been around long before President Trump.
Gas is at $1.71 now in Dallas. Thank you TRUMP :)
I paid $3.29 this morning. I guess I should thank someone.
Please add English subtitles for Dutch parts
Hello Francisco,
You have to click on the captions to get the subtitles.
GREAT GRAVITY!!!! that's amazing.
Natural gas-fired power plants have done more to reduce CO2 emissions than any other program for CO2 emission reduction. Natural gas is 80% hydrogen and is the feedstock for most hydrogen production.
Look up Dismick, Pennsylvania fracking they could light their tap water on FIRE! 🔥
Maybe in 30/40 years people in US have understood that water, air and soil quality are'nt negotiable with money.
This proves that Texas is the best state in the USA!
FOR POLLUTING GROUND WATER
@@daveberswick5372 No ground water has been polluted. I live right on top of the shale/fracking and we use well water. It's just fine. I suppose this is another false rumor you've tried to lie to others.
@@aday1637 just asking, how do you know it's safe? Just because it tastes fine, doesnt mean there isnt carcinogens in it. Have you tested your own water? If your water is contaminated, you might not have adverse effects on your body now. But in 10 20 years, you will probably have cancer.
Dave Berswick LoL.
Dave Berswick no....just your brain
God bless America
I love innovation. Trump has nothing to do with anything. Technology is the opposite of Trump. Taker not maker.