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To: sm1th who wrote (42116)	4/27/2013 12:10:17 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 85487

One did, anyway. Fracking was invented by Halliburton in the late 1940’s, (before Hubbard's papers) cleancurrents.com Despite the difficulties, Kerr-McGee Corporation drilled the first well from a fixed platform offshore out-of-sight of land in 1947. Its barge and platform combination was a major breakthrough in drilling-unit design for offshore use. This event marked the beginning of the modern offshore industry as it is known today. By 1949 (before Hubbard's papers), 11 fields were found in the Gulf of Mexico with 44 exploratory wells noia.org A Short History of Horizontal Drilling for Oil and Natural Gas, starting in the 1920’s (when Hubbard was still a nursing babe?), and ending with Team Resources in 2011 oilgascenter.com Hubberd, 1956. peakgeneration.blogspot.com