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NATURAL GAS IN SHALE: THERE?S LOTS OF IT! ?Just a few years ago, the industry didn?t have the tech?

By Glenn Reynolds

NATURAL GAS IN SHALE: THERE’S LOTS OF IT! “Just a few years ago, the industry didn’t have the technology to unlock these reserves. But thanks to advances in horizontal drilling and methods of fracturing rock with high-pressure blasts of water, sand and chemicals, vast gas reserves in the United States are suddenly within reach. . . . Recoverable U.S. gas reserves could now be bigger than the immense gas reserves of Russia, some experts say.” Over a century’s worth of reserves, at least. It’s domestic, and much cleaner than coal. But many environmentalists are against using it . . . .

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on December 04, 2009 (boomark / email).