Some gas produced by hydraulic fracturing comes from surprise source

Monday, December 14, 2015 - 17:05 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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