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November 29, 2012

Shale development threatens China's water
Beijing (UPI) Nov 28, 2012
As China readies for the water-intensive process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to tap into massive reserves of shale natural gas, concerns are rising regarding the country's already limited water supply. China has 25.08 trillion cubic meters of exploitable onshore shale-gas reserves, China's Ministry of Land Resources has said. But most of that gas lies in areas plagued by water shortages, says a report in China's Caixin newspaper. To extract natural gas from underground formatio ... read more

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