Feature
May 2010 Vol. 237 No. 5
Technology Makes Gas Available But Brings New Problems As Well
Score another victory for technology! U.S. natural gas supplies have the potential of increasing by 20-40% because of advances in two major oil and gas field technologies. Increased abilities to do horizontal drilling and better ways to open shale gas formations - “fracing” – is resulting in new supplies of this major U.S. fuel.