Seven ways Koch Industries controls the fracking business

Kosh Industries is owned by brothers David and Charles Koch, each are worth over $22 billion dollars from their work in the gas industry (specifically, their domination of the nation’s pipelines and refineries). An article published in the Republic Report on Saturday lists the 7 ways Koch Industrieshas monetized the fracking business. Here is the compilation:

  1. Koch Pipeline. This is a Koch Industries subsidiary. Koch Pipeline is planned to transport natural gas from Pettus, Texas to Corpus Christi.
  2. Flint Hills Resources. This is a Koch Industries subsidiary. Land was purchased in Ingleside, Texas to store shipments of natural gas.
  3. Koch Supply & Trading. This is a Koch Industries company. It takes care of commodity trading and financial products.
  4. Koch Chemicals Technology Group. This is a subsidiary of Koch Industries. They are designing a facility near Yoakum, Texas to help process natural gas fracked in southern Texas.
  5. John Zink. This is a Koch Industries company. The company helps service the fracking industry by providing flares to processing plants.
  6. Georgia Pacific. Koch Industries acquired this company. Produces products that are vital to the fracking process.
  7. Koch Fertilizer. This is a Koch Industries company. It produces fertilizer for fracked land.