The environmental community was very successful in the 2008-2010 time frame in drumming up a level of public concern over the lack of transparency in the hydraulic fracturing process.
There have been some minor instances of hydraulic fracturing fluids reaching non-drinking groundwater, but these occurred due to factors such as above-ground pipe leaks that have nothing to do with the hydraulic fracturing process itself.
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The truth about the Texas Disclosure law and disclosure laws and regulations around the country is that they do not exist to address any real operational issue related to the oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing process.
The EPA declared the hydraulic fracturing drilling process safe as recently as 2004.
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Shale gas is extracted by tapping gas from shale rock using a process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
Although the meeting was primarily to inform local residents about the drilling of the second well concerns were raised by the residents about the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing possibly being used on the site.
Chinese firms now are attempting to negotiate partnerships with FTS International, a Fort Worth, Texas, company that specializes in hydraulic fracturing, a process used to extract energy from shale, according to one person familiar with the matter.
The gas would need to be extracted using a controversial process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
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With a handful of officials pushing for onerous restrictions on hydraulic fracturing the process necessary to extract gas resources potential investors in this lucrative industry have taken a wait-and-see approach.
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The EPA has subpoenaed Halliburton for the secret formula for the liquid chemical cocktail it pumps into underground rock structures so natural gas can be accessed through a process known as hydraulic fracturing or fracking.
As background, hydraulic fracturing is a multi-step process commonly used in oil and natural gas drilling to bolster eventual production from wells.
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The crews would be using a process known as high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking, " that has transformed the landscape in places like North Dakota and Pennsylvania.
Hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" is a process of forcing water mixed with chemicals through deep wells to shatter and crack hard shale rocks to release the gas inside.
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