It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.
CountryUSA
Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
Production year2010
Also known as
GasLand, Gasland, GasLand: Voyage au pays du gaz de schiste, Kraj gazem płynący, Газовая страна, ガスランド, 天然氣的秘密