Fracking's future is in doubt as oil price plummets, bonds crash

The Ecologist
Jan 6, 2015, 5:54 pm46 pts
Increased production from US fracking operations is a major reason for the drop in oil prices, writes Kieran Cooke. But there are warnings that the industry now faces an existential crisis from which it may never recover, as the financial sector faces the prospect of worthless shares and $100s of billions of…

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