</p><p >We devote the entire episode this week to the man who almost single-handedly shaped the face of the US shale boom.</p><p >We reflect on a life that was at once quirky, cutthroat, generous and visionary, and offer up some of our own "Aubrey stories".</p><p >What does his indictment mean for others in the US oil and gas industry? What will become of American Energy Partners, the company he founded almost immediately after he was ousted from Chesapeake Energy?</p><p >We try to answer these and other questions left behind in the death of one of the most colourful characters in oil and gas, this week on The Bit.</p><p