Daily on Energy, sponsored by EFP: How one Texas fracking company grappled with deep freeze Print this article Subscribe today to the Washington Examiner magazine and get Washington Briefing: politics and policy stories that will keep you up to date with what's going on in Washington. SUBSCRIBE NOW: Just $1.00 an issue! ONE DRILLER’S STORY: Jim Wilkes, president of a small, private Texas shale oil producer in Fort Worth, is still unable to restart production after his wells and other equipment froze at the beginning of the week. “When you get bunches of wells frozen up, you just have to wait,” Wilkes told Josh in a recent interview. “These are low-volume wells, and things just freeze up.”