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Fracking is a non-technical term for Hydraulic Fracturing. Fracking or Hydraulic Fracturing is a method for retrieving, otherwise inaccessible, natural gas and petroleum by injecting pressurized fluid and chemicals into underground rock causing fissures. The fissures widen and expand allowing petroleum and gas to escape and flow to areas where it can be retrieved. less -

Department of Energy Report Indicates Fracking Has Not Contaminated Drinking Water in Western Pennsylvania

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 8/7/2013

A recent study by the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) indicates that chemical-laced fluids used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have not contaminated the drinking water at a test...more

DOE Statement on Marcellus Shale Hydraulic Fracturing Study

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/22/2013

This is a revised alert reflecting updated information in a July 19 National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) media release, which clarified prior NETL statements on the hydraulic fracturing study contained in earlier...more

Recycling of Frack Water Likely to Grow

BakerHostetler on 7/19/2013

In Texas, where hydraulic fracturing operations use up more than fifty percent of water use in certain counties, recycling of frack water could significantly impact the stressed resource. To date, only a small fraction of the...more

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Department of Energy Report Indicates Fracking Has Not Contaminated Drinking Water in Western Pennsylvania

DOE Statement on Marcellus Shale Hydraulic Fracturing Study

Recycling of Frack Water Likely to Grow

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