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Letter: Editor's reply to "Frack offshore"

Published 25 September 2013

• The British Geological Survey, in a report to the UK Parliament, said logistical hurdles and higher costs at sea have so far deterred offshore fracking, but it is possible. In the US, it says extensive reserves on land make fracking at sea redundant.

Issue no. 2936 published 28 September 2013

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