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United Kingdom: Blackpool earthquake tremors may have been caused by gas drilling
Posted by Guardian: Jonathan Paige on June 1st, 2011
Guardian: A company using "fracking" to drill for gas in Lancashire has had to suspend operations following a 1.5 magnitude earthquake near Blackpool on Friday.
It is the second earthquake to strike Lancashire since April, and experts say it may be a result of the controversial practice, a process of drilling for natural shale gas which involves injecting water and rock-dissolving fluids underground at extremely high pressure to break apart hard shale rocks and release gas.
Cuadrilla Resources, the company...
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