Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Diesel Use in Gas Drilling Cited as Violation of Safe-Water Law - NYTimes.com


The diesel fuel was used by drillers as part of a contentious process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which involves the high-pressure injection of a mixture of water, sand and chemical additives — including diesel fuel — into rock formations deep underground. The process, which has opened up vast new deposits of natural gas to drilling, creates and props open fissures in the rock to ease the release of oil and gas."

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