1. Natural Gas Rush Comes to a Halt as Predictions Fail to Come True
... States (Urbina). Hundreds of industry emails and internal documents and an extensive analysis of data from thousands of wells lead industry experts to question those claims. According to them, natural gas companies are forging how easy and cheap it is to extract from shale formations deep underground. Companies may even be intentionally overstating the productivity of their wells and the size ... in the long run (Urbina). The skeptical experts fear the repercussions if the drilling does not go as planned. Federal and state lawmakers are increasing subsidies for the natural gas business,...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate