The Oil Siege Is Over, “The Cartel” Looks East | New Eastern Outlook
When Aubrey McClendon died, it appeared to many people that, like Ancient Rome’s Mark Antony, he had fallen on his own sword rather than face the mercy of those who defeated him. Amid low oil prices, business failures, and a pending criminal trial, this top “fracking cowboy” was killed in a car crash. Though his death was officially ruled as accidental, the Oklahoma Police Department described the accident saying “he pretty much drove straight into the wall.” The day before, he had been indicted for having illegally conspired in buying natural gas and oil rigs
