It's dawning on a lot of MPs that they could well have to deal with proposals to bring "fracking", the controversial process to extract shale gas from rocks, in their constituencies.

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He said the BNP was campaigning to lower bills in an attempt to reduce fuel poverty and that, particularly in the North West, its opposition to the process of "fracking" to extract shale gas should prove popular.

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Because it is impossible to manufacture and traditionally difficult to extract and process from the ground, gold served as a stable peg for coinage and paper money issuance--but no nation operates on a "gold standard" today, as most abandoned it during the 20th century after major powers suspended it periodically during times of costly military adventures during the 19th century.

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The Extract, Transformation and Load (ETL) process that cleans up the data and ensures data integrity, the data warehouse that acts as a scalable and reliable repository for data derived from many sources, and some form of search acceleration for large data volumes are all still needed, and an enlightened IT group is needed to install and maintain them.

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He added that Providence Resources would now have to go through "due process" in order to secure permits to extract the oil, which would include a period of public consultation.

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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.

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