AMERICAN FRACKING PROMPTS BOOM IN INDIAN GUAR GUM SEED MARKET
November 1st, 2012
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, IN NEW DELHI
IT may seem odd that the development of natural gas and oil fracking in the United States might create wealth for farmers in the arid Indian state of Rajasthan, but it is the case. Seeds of guar or cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), a common vegetable in India, are in demand from America's growing fracking industry. Guar gum, the white powder yielded by these seeds has become a crucial element for increasing the effectiveness of how fracking technology can hydraulically fracture rocks to reach hydrocarbon deposits. This is ...
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