Sunday, June 27, 2010

Truth about "Hydro-fracing" you will not find in the local media hype articles...


Once again the reliable Vanity Fair people have come out with an article that attacks the practice of Hydraulic Fracturing to extract Natural Gas from underground formations...

As we've discussed on this blog, hydraulic fracturing is the tried-and-true oil and natural gas-field practice. It forces water, sand and trace amounts of chemicals into the wellbore under high pressure to create fissures allowing the energy resources to flow up to the surface.

Over at the Energy Tomorrow blog they provide a link to the Vanity Fair article as well as providing actual facts regarding the process....
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