And, top it off, this genuinely good man was an Aggie!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Mitchell
George Phydias Mitchell (May 21, 1919 – July 26, 2013) was an American businessman, real estate developer and philanthropist from Texas credited with pioneering the economic extraction of shale gas.[2]
According to The Economist, “few businesspeople have done as much to change the world as George Mitchell.”[3]
And, top it off, this genuinely good man was an Aggie!
The stuff for a motion picture.
When he started out with the idea the price of natural gas went into a 15 year lull.
His investors were interested in only proven methods.
His early wells were scoffed at as temporary blips in production.
He was broke, with a sick wife and diagnosed with prostate cancer.
But he kept pushing his dream.
Other exploration players came close to success in the meantime, but backed off and were losers.