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Fear and controversy

11/07/2011
When did hydraulic fracturing become controversial? The oil and gas industry has applied the technique since 1947 in more than 1 million wells. Until recently, the procedure escaped popular notice. Now, hydraulic fracturing appears often in general news reports about booming shale plays, described as often as not as "controversial." For an operation conducted so regularly and so long without harmful consequence, this is strange. Has hydraulic fracturing suddenly created calamity? Has it been found to have generated peril that somehow went unnoticed for six decades? No. In a technical joint venture with horizontal drilling, it has raised prospective supply of oil and gas, undermi...
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