Brooke Sample, Columnist

The Shale Revolution Has Been Very, Very Good to America

Thanks to fracking, the US now pumps more than a fifth of the world’s total oil.

June 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC

Brooke Sample is an editor for Bloomberg Opinion and member of the editorial board. She was previously an editor at Metal Bulletin, Bauer Media Group and the Virginian-Pilot.

On shaky ground.
Photographer: Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg

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