Shale pioneer Chesapeake considers bankruptcy filing after oil rout

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2. Fracking was always destined to fail from rising costs after low-hanging fruit harvest

It was never going to get less capital intensive, its costs were always going to increase, exactly the opposite of the information economy, and ever higher costs attracted competition even if from low-tech renewables. Quintessential supply side business with little consideration of the economic landscape.