Legalization of oil exports from the United States, as well as burgeoning LNG (liquefied natural gas) exports, have created new markets to absorb record production
A recent feature at the anti-fossil-fuel Desmog Blog reported the "stunning admission" of a former shale CEO that fracking was a fool's errand for industry. "The shale gas revolution has frankly been an unmitigated disaster for any buy-and-hold investor in the shale gas industry with very few limited exceptions," stated Steve Schlotterbeck, formerly of EQT. "In fact, I'm not aware of another case of a disruptive technological change that has done so much harm to the industry that created the change."
He closed: "The technological advancements developed by the industry have been the weapon of its own suicide."