European oil & gas industry to reveal chemicals used in fracking
Website launched to address public concerns
While U.S. oil & gas companies have, for the most part, refused to disclose the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing – or “fracking” – on the grounds that such information is proprietary, their European counterparts have launched a new website to disclose those and other details.
Fracking is technique used to harvest natural gas that injects water mixed with sand and chemicals into shale to create fractures that force the gas to the surface. The practice originated in the U.S.