The Book
One hundred wells a day. That is the number of wells that are drilled and hydraulically fractured – or fracked – every day in the United States.
In The Boom, Wall Street Journal reporter Russell Gold chronicles the rise of this once-obscure oilfield technology, a story that answers a critical question of our [...]
The Author
Russell Gold is an award-winning investigative journalist at The Wall Street Journal.
He started his journalism career at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the San Antonio Express-News. In 2000, he joined The Wall Street Journal and covered Texas and economics, before switching to energy in 2002. His reporting has taken him to [...]
Featured Article
Big Batteries Are Taking a Bite Out of the Power Market
By Russell Gold Giant batteries charged by renewable energy are beginning to nibble away at a large market: The power plants that generate extra surges of electricity during peak hours. Known as peakers, the natural-gas-fired […]
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