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Old 03-21-2013, 10:43 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by foozil747 View Post
For what its worth...they aren't fracking for the natural gas. They are fracking for the crude. Natural gas is simply present in the wells they dig and they typically vent it or burn it off because they don't think its valuable enough to capture and transport it.....Sorry for the rant.
Apologies for perpetuating this OT, but you must not be in Colorado - they are fracking FOR natural gas, there is a huge gas boom going on right now and TBoone is proud.

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