[morphing libertarian]

to me this is a free enterprise issue. If the companies want to go for it. let them invest and drill. If they don’t believe it is profitable, they won’t. Case closed.

[thackney]

A few have been. The concern is for the investor, what is the likely return on individual wells costing millions of dollars.

Some argue the original over inflated estimate was used to get investors based upon the unreasonable claim it would be as “easy” as the Bakken and Eagle Ford, relatively flat stable geological formations.