But of course nop company can get a permit to get to the stuff so what difference does it make? Unless of course you are suggesting likely locations of Chinese take over
The amount of drilling into shale oil and gas fields has been growing for years. What are you talking about?
It is the reason we see such growth in production in several states, including oil in Texas and North Dakota. The same for Gas in Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania. Ohio is beginning to see good growth in both.