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Dirty Pipeline: Methane From Fracking Sites Can Flow To Abandoned Wells, UVM Study Shows

2015-10-28 02:53:10| oilandgasonline Home Page

As debate roils over EPA regulations proposed this month limiting the release of the potent greenhouse gas methane during fracking operations, a new University of Vermont study funded by the National Science Foundation shows that abandoned oil and gas wells near fracking sites can be conduits for methane escape not currently being measured.

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