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Propane Fracking the Utica Shale in Ohio
May 21, 2012 | Midwesternenergy

Instead of using 5 to 6 million gallons of water to fracture a well in the Utica Shale of eastern Ohio, a company plans to use LPG (liquid petroleum gas or propane).


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