Fracking Brings Boom to South Texas Towns

PLEASANTON, TEXAS-The technique of “fracking” has turned the oil and gas industry around and made experts take a second look at domestic oil exploration.  While it may be a controversial way of getting oil from the ground, it’s also pumping in millions of dollars into the economy in south Texas everyday. 

The town of Pleasanton seems to be a gateway of sorts to the Eagle Ford shale area.  Eagle Ford is what’s driving this big boom. You can tell by just the traffic in Pleasanton that’s there’s something different going on.  More businesses, more money, more people. Chris’s Café is a favorite lunch stop for people here, a particular favorite of folks working long hours in the oilfield.  

Xavier Gonzalez of Capital Well Services told us, "Long hours, the hours can be long 10-12-16 hour days, a lot of 24 hour businesses. 

For Chris’s Café owner Mary Rodriguez, it’s changed her world. "In the restaurant business, your busy some days and it’s slow some days.  But now, like you see it today, it’s everyday."

Source: WOAI

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