Fracking requires a minimum distance of at least 0.6 kilometers from sensitive rock strata

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 18:20 in Astronomy & Space

The chances of rogue fractures due to shale gas fracking operations extending beyond 0.6 kilometres from the injection source is a fraction of one percent, according to new research led by Durham University.

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