Frackers are increasingly showing more grit, reports the RealClearEnergy web site in what it calls a "charticle". Grit as in using more sand to get more oil out of shale:
"Time and again, they’ve found that the more grit they pour into horizontal wells -- seemingly regardless of how extreme the amounts have become -- the more oil comes seeping out."
"The message from drillers is 'more, more, more sand,' said Sean Meakim, an oil-services analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co. 'All of the numbers are going up and they’re going up dramatically.'"
Read the full story, with chart, here.
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