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Environment & Energy

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8. And with the new fracking technology which is orders of magnitude more powerful than what they used

Tue Aug 6, 2013, 09:15 PM

Aug 2013

to call fracking before, entire formations are being shattered outside the casing all the way to the surface.

Cold Lake, Canada - great example.

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Gas leaks from shale wells rare [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2013 OP

You would think so. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #5

EXPLOSIVE gas leaks might be rare NickB79 Aug 2013 #2

One is too many. nt femmocrat Aug 2013 #3

++++ Champion Jack Aug 2013 #7

All wells leak something. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #6

Definitely. This isn't "old fashioned" drilling. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #9