Some Gas Produced by Hydraulic Fracturing Comes From Surprise Source

Monday, December 14, 2015 - 16:50 in Physics & Chemistry

Some of the natural gas harvested by hydraulic fracturing operations may be of biological origin--made by microorganisms inadvertently injected into shale by oil and gas companies during the hydraulic fracturing process, a new study has found.

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