Hydraulic Fracturing and Contamination of Groundwater
The world’s near-future energy needs are primarily dependent on oil & natural gas. There are various techniques involved in the extraction of additional crude oil from underground oil and gas reservoirs. Hydraulic fracturing—informally called fracing (pronounced “fracking”) or hydrofracing—is the most common of these techniques. A significant number of oil & gas wells in the [...]
July 24th, 2009 by Chris Maeder
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