"It's as significant as the discovery of oil itself," says David Arrington, a Midland, Texas, oil executive who made nearly $900 million plumbing for natural gas in North Texas eight years ago. Today, he's investing "every penny of it" in the Permian Basin.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/15/texas-oil-boom-fracking/4481977/