[RockyTx]

fracking only works in the US.
why is that?

there must be other countries with older oil fields,
that would benefit from fracking

[Ozark Tom]

Fracking has been around since before Eisenhower was President. Directional Horizontal Drilling is relatively new in comparison. Microwave conversion of kerogen to oil in the Green River shale may be the next big oil-patch bonanza.

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Can-Microwave-Technology-Compete-With-Fracking.html

[miniTAX]

“there must be other countries with older oil fields,
that would benefit from fracking”

China is fracking like crazy, without boasting about it. And when they do it, they won’t care the least about the screams of greenies, malthusian peak-oilers, and oil princelings.

[zeestephen]

Re: “there must be other countries with older oil fields, that would benefit from fracking”

Rocky,

A lot of people don't understand that fracking old oil fields is done every where in the world.

The advantage the USA has is that we have significant “tight shale” fields that could not be profitably drilled in the past.

I actually have no idea how much “tight shale” exists in other countries, or why it is not being fracked.