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A subsidiary of Nabors Industries pumped a mixture of chemicals
identified only as EXP- F0173-11 into a half-dozen oil wells in rural
Karnes County in Southeast Texas in July.
But few people outside Nabors, the largest onshore drilling contractor
by revenue, know exactly what’s in that blend, despite a year-old Texas
law that requires drillers to disclose chemicals they pump underground
during hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.”
Hazardous Air Pollutants Detected Near Fracking Sites
For years, the controversy over natural gas drilling has focused on the
water and air quality problems linked to hydraulic fracturing, the process
where chemicals are blasted deep underground to release tightly bound
natural gas deposits.
But a new study reports that a set of chemicals called non-methane
hydrocarbons, or NMHCs, is found in the air near drilling sites even when
fracking isn’t in progress.
Review of fracking health risks sought
Opponents of hydrofracking said Monday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo
has put the regulatory cart before the horse, with the state Department of
Environmental Conservation offering rules to control hydrofracking while
a newly launched review of its health impacts remains incomplete.
Fracking industry refusing to report which chemicals they’re using
Colorado officials question link of fracking-waste disposal to quakes
The increasingly common practice of disposing of oil and gas drilling
wastewater by injecting it underground can trigger earthquakes, according
to federal scientists who studied quakes since 1970 in Colorado and
neighboring states.
DNA analysis of microbes in a fracking site yields surprises
Researchers have made a genetic analysis of the microbes living deep
inside a deposit of Marcellus Shale at a hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,”
site, and uncovered some surprises.
How the North Dakota fracking boom shook a family
The Jorgenson family loved living on the prairie in North Dakota –
until the shale gas boom started
Wanna know what’s in that fracking fluid? Tough