Hydraulic fracturing, "fracking," and horizontal-drilling have opened up and made profitable vast areas of certain U.S. shale-oil properties, such as those in the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas, USA. Some are calling it the most revolutionary energy-find since the Spindletop gushers ignited the Texas oil boom of 1901. Fortunes are now being made in Texas shale horizontal-drilling by companies such as Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Petrohawk Energy (HK) and Swift Energy Co (SFY). We have Joint Ventures ...