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The fracking divide: Mexicos oil frontier beckons U.S. drillers in wake of new law
2014-04-19 21:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The geological marvel known to Texas oilmen as the Eagle Ford Shale Play is buried deep underground, but at night you can see its outline from space in a twinkling arc that sweeps south of San Antonio toward the Rio Grande. The light radiates from thousands of surface-level gas flares and drilling rigs. It is the glow of one of the most extravagant oil bonanzas in American history, the result of the drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. After the passage of a landmark...
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