Importantly, this mud also acts as a kind of plug in the hole, preventing any oil and gas from blasting up out of the hole.
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Fracking is the process of blasting water at high pressure into shale rock to release oil or gas held within it.
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If Big Oil and Fast Expanding Gas are to persuade people to accept the risks from blasting high pressure chemicals into rocks deep under their homes, the industry is going to have to get much closer to those communities.
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