In The Oil Patch Radio Show

-Originally aired on 09/12/2015- Episode 32 of "In The Oil Patch" This week on "In The Oil Patch": host Kym Bolado and her co-hosts Alvin Bailey and Roy Holley bring in the Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, David Porter, back into the studio. Porter explains the role of the Texas Railroad Commission, their mission and the reason they've kept the name after all these years. From the Texas Railroad Commission's website: What is the Eagle Ford Shale? The Eagle Ford Shale is a hydrocarbon producing formation of significant importance due to its capability of producing both gas and more oil than other traditional shale plays. It contains a much higher carbonate shale percentage, upwards to 70% in south Texas, and becomes shallower and the shale content increases as it moves to the northwest. The high percentage of carbonate makes it more brittle and “fracable”. The shale play trends across Texas from the Mexican border up into East Texas, roughly 50 miles wide and 400 miles long with an ave