02 February 2011

NY Times: Gas Drilling Technique Injects Diesel & Violates Safe Water Drinking Act


By Mary Vincent - Follow on Twitter @MaryVincent
Per the NY Times, Oil and gas service companies injected tens of millions of gallons of diesel fuel into onshore wells in more than a dozen states from 2005 to 2009, Congressional investigators have charged. Those injections appear to have violated the Safe Water Drinking Act, the investigators said in a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday. See the full article here.
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