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Water shortages could limit shale gas development
2014-09-07 18:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Live: Water shortages pose a big threat to the global shale oil and gas industry, a new report claims. More than a third of commercially viable shale gas deposits worldwide are in areas that are either dry or have water supply constraints, environmental think tank World Resources Institute said. The process of extracting gas and oil from shale rock deep underground -- known as fracking -- requires huge amounts of water. Out of the 20 countries with the largest shale gas resources, eight have deposits...
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