I don’t really understand the article, because it sounds like the wells that were drilled were standard wells. Sounds to me like most of the oil is trapped in the shale, so they need to come in and frack. That’s when the boom starts.
I think the article is saying that none of the supporting infrastructure is in place (pipelines, pumping stations etc), so no one will bother trying to frack in those areas. They’d have no way to get the product to the refineries.