1. The Economy and the Environment
Extractors often used acid, which created scrapes along the surfaces of fractures to allow more oil and gas to escape via the surface. ... It was performed via injection of 1,000 gallons of palm-oil and a powerful acid. ... These compounds, when released into the atmosphere, contaminate the air, causing procession of acid rain and a resultant increase in the ground level ozone. ...
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