275
gasoline, 53
medical science benefactor, 54
oil baron, 52
petroleum, 54
predatory pricing practices, 52
Royal Dutch Shell, 55, 56
scale efficiencies, 53
Standard Oil Company, 54, 55
Standard Oil Trust, 52
US GDP, 54
Rock oil, 38, 42, 203
Rock permeability, 21
Rock samples, 7
Royal Dutch Petroleum, 56
Royal Dutch Shell, 55, 56
S
Safe Drinking Water Act, 136
Safety cutoffs, 28
Science denial, 7
Screen-out, 29
Screw Nevada bill, 236
Secondary succession, 147
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB), 197
Sedimentary rocks, 209
Sediments, 126
Senate Finance Committee, 53
Seneca Oil, 38, 45, 46
Serpentinization, 84
Service companies, 24
Shale
Darcy's Law, 23
dual-porosity system, 23
energy crisis, 21
hydrocarbons, 21
liquid and gas movement, 23
long-term production, 23
O&G economical amounts, 23
oil and gas production challenge, 22
organic material, 20
permeability, 20
pores, 20, 23
sedimentary rock, 20
Shale gas, 181, 225
Shale gas development risks, 10
Shale gas revolution, 28
Shale resources
United States, 259–260
world-wide, 260
Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 53–55
Short half-life radioactive tracers, 30
Siccar Point, 158, 159
Silica, 81
Sixth mass extinction
Anthropocene Epoch, 160
anthropocene mass extinction, 160
climate change, 161
deployment, new technologies, 161
Earth history, 157
geological naming schemes, 157
geological processes, 159
geologic time periods, 159
global flood event, 157
human activities, 160
human civilization, 160
human influence, 159
humanity, 161
ice dams, 158
mass extinction, 160
modern factories, 161
Pleistocene, 159
religious scripture, 157
rocks, 158
sea level, 157, 158, 165, 167, 173
sedimentary rocks, 159
Siccar Point, 158, 159
tertiary, 159
Slickwater
light sand, 75, 76
pad, 29
polyacrylamide, 76
slippery liquid, 28
Small molten salt reactors, 229
Social license, 126, 192
Social media, 8
Society, 229
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), 19, 200
Sodium hydroxide, 221
Sodium hypochlorite, 195
Soil gas flux meters, 104
Solar-Assisted Geothermal Energy (SAGE),
241, 248
Solar-geothermal hybrid, 242
Solar heat, 242
Solar-heated water, 241
Solar power, 181
Solar power towers, 180
Solar thermal power, 219
Solid solution series, 215
Spacing, 124
Spindletop
deformed sediments, 50
oil and gas business, 50
Texas, 50
U.S. oil field, 50, 51
Index
gasoline, 53
medical science benefactor, 54
oil baron, 52
petroleum, 54
predatory pricing practices, 52
Royal Dutch Shell, 55, 56
scale efficiencies, 53
Standard Oil Company, 54, 55
Standard Oil Trust, 52
US GDP, 54
Rock oil, 38, 42, 203
Rock permeability, 21
Rock samples, 7
Royal Dutch Petroleum, 56
Royal Dutch Shell, 55, 56
S
Safe Drinking Water Act, 136
Safety cutoffs, 28
Science denial, 7
Screen-out, 29
Screw Nevada bill, 236
Secondary succession, 147
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB), 197
Sedimentary rocks, 209
Sediments, 126
Senate Finance Committee, 53
Seneca Oil, 38, 45, 46
Serpentinization, 84
Service companies, 24
Shale
Darcy's Law, 23
dual-porosity system, 23
energy crisis, 21
hydrocarbons, 21
liquid and gas movement, 23
long-term production, 23
O&G economical amounts, 23
oil and gas production challenge, 22
organic material, 20
permeability, 20
pores, 20, 23
sedimentary rock, 20
Shale gas, 181, 225
Shale gas development risks, 10
Shale gas revolution, 28
Shale resources
United States, 259–260
world-wide, 260
Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 53–55
Short half-life radioactive tracers, 30
Siccar Point, 158, 159
Silica, 81
Sixth mass extinction
Anthropocene Epoch, 160
anthropocene mass extinction, 160
climate change, 161
deployment, new technologies, 161
Earth history, 157
geological naming schemes, 157
geological processes, 159
geologic time periods, 159
global flood event, 157
human activities, 160
human civilization, 160
human influence, 159
humanity, 161
ice dams, 158
mass extinction, 160
modern factories, 161
Pleistocene, 159
religious scripture, 157
rocks, 158
sea level, 157, 158, 165, 167, 173
sedimentary rocks, 159
Siccar Point, 158, 159
tertiary, 159
Slickwater
light sand, 75, 76
pad, 29
polyacrylamide, 76
slippery liquid, 28
Small molten salt reactors, 229
Social license, 126, 192
Social media, 8
Society, 229
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), 19, 200
Sodium hydroxide, 221
Sodium hypochlorite, 195
Soil gas flux meters, 104
Solar-Assisted Geothermal Energy (SAGE),
241, 248
Solar-geothermal hybrid, 242
Solar heat, 242
Solar-heated water, 241
Solar power, 181
Solar power towers, 180
Solar thermal power, 219
Solid solution series, 215
Spacing, 124
Spindletop
deformed sediments, 50
oil and gas business, 50
Texas, 50
U.S. oil field, 50, 51
Index