The author should have done some basic fact checking.<p>From the article:<p>&gt; &quot;more sophisticated than nineteenth-century “nodding donkeys.”&quot;<p>That type of fields are getting rare. EOR [1] techniques are being applied everywhere. Although, AFAIK, some countries, such as Venezuela are somewhat backwards in their application of EOR. They wanted to nationalize oil fields and not invest in them, and look what happened.<p>&gt; new technologies such as hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”)<p>Fracking [2] is now 40 years old &quot;new&quot; technology. The only reason it became popular in last 10 years was high oil prices.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Enhanced_oil_recovery" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Enhanced_oil_recovery</a><p>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hydraulic_fracturing" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hydraulic_fracturing</a>