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Oil & Gas Financial Journal Guest Article: Too Much at Stake to Shut Down Fracing
08/10/2012
Michael J. Mazzone
Nothing better illustrates the extremes that opponents of hydraulic fracturing will go to than the deception noted by Texas State District Judge Trey Loftin on Feb. 16. His comment came in an order he entered in the Parker County (Texas) case of Steven Lipsky against Range Resources, a Fort Worth-based exploration and production company.
Lipsky, the landowner, alleged that Range's gas well contaminated his water. Emulating the movie "Gasland," Lipsky showed a sensational video of ignited gas coming out of a garden water hose.
Excerpted from Oil & Gas Financial Journal, August 10, 2012. To view full article, click here.