The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Thursday said it will study the potential risks of a technique used to stimulate production of gas from wells drilled in gas shales — known as hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) — on water quality and public health. Producers say they are confident that the study — if conducted objectively — will show hydrofracing to be safe.
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Gas Industry Says it Has Nothing to Fear from Hydrofracing Study
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Thursday said it will study the potential risks of a technique used to stimulate production of gas from wells drilled in gas shales — known as hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) — on water quality and public health. Producers say they are confident that the study — if conducted objectively — will show hydrofracing to be safe.
March 19, 2010
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