September 2024 NEWS

Life Forms Homes, started by son of Woodlands founder George Mitchell, still popular with resellers

To Scott Mitchell, building a neighborhood means so much more to than just building a house. Growing up, Mitchell—the son of The Woodlands founder and oilman George Mitchell—always loved being surrounded by farmland and farm structures, such as farmhouses, barns and... Read More >

Geothermal energy could outperform nuclear power: Tricks from the oil industry have produced a hot-rocks breakthrough

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY may be approaching its Mitchell moment. George Mitchell, a scrappy independent oilman, is known as the father of fracking. Nearly three decades ago, he defied Big Oil and the conventional wisdom of his industry by making practical the hitherto uneconomic technique of pumping... Read More >