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New fracking fear: Well barrier failure likely to contaminate certain sites' surroundings
2014-03-25 02:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A small percentage of the shale gas sites drilled in the event of a UK fracking boom would probably contaminate the surrounding environment because of problems with wells, a new report has warned, adding that in some cases the damage could be exacerbated because the companies that drilled them will have gone out of business. A Durham University study into the impact of shale gas production concludes that it is likely that well barrier failure will occur in a small number of wells and this could...
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