EPA DEMANDS FRACKING DATA FROM OIL COMPANIES
September 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has requested information from nine oil and gas fracking service companies about the construction, design and operation of 350 oil and gas wells that were hydraulically fractured from 2009 to 2010. It is studying the potential impact of fracking on drinking water resources, especially as plans grow to explore for shale gas.
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THE UNITED States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has requested information from nine oil and gas fracking service companies about the construction, design and operation of 350 oil and gas wells that were hydraulically fractured from 2009 to 2010. It is studying the potential impact of fracking on drinking water resources, especially as plans grow to explore for shale gas.
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