Since shale drilling first began in 1998 at the S.H. Griffin Estate 4 in Texas, the size and costs of production sites have changed significantly. The S.H. Griffin Estate 4 cost between 600,000 and 700,000 U.S. dollars, while the average 2018 costs were 8 million U.S. dollars. The size of production sites increased from three acres to up to 25 acres in the same twenty year timespan.
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