The Fracking Industry’s Flaring Problem May Be Worse Than We Thought

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By Justin MikulkaJan 29, 2019, 1:34 pm220 pts
Read time: 8 mins In 2018, the oil and gas industry operating in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale burned off record amounts of natural gas, largely obtained via hydraulic fracturing (fracking). This process, known as flaring, costs the industry money — it literally burns one of the products being pumped out…

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