Did fracking fluids ever contain industrial waste mixtures which, if pumped into the ground for non-gas production purposes, would have been regulated as hazardous waste?
As the gas comes up the well so
does the fracking fluid, along with volumes of brine so salty it is hazardous.
Not exact matches
Further, the Duke study
did not detect
fracking fluids in any of the wells tested.
The anti-
fracking forces would ban it even if chicken soup were the
fracking fluid; they simply
do not want to develop this energy source.
«It's absolutely unacceptable that the governor didn't prohibit all forms of hydraulic
fluid fracking.»
A range of hydrocarbons showed up in the deep wells, as
did some synthetic organic chemicals associated with
fracking fluids and drilling activities.
Scientists don't know all of the hormone - like chemicals in
fracking fluid yet, Linden notes.
But we
do know that offshore
fracking increases California's risk of a devastating oil spill or release of toxic
fracking fluid.»