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Hydraulic Fracturing in Arizona?
April 18, 2012 | Arizona Geological Survey

Hydraulic fracturing is rarely used in Arizona and thus is not a threat. There are no shale-gas wells in Arizona and there has been no horizontal drilling and no hydraulic fracturing associated with those types of wells.” Quoted from the Arizona Geological Survey article.


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