Posts Tagged ‘frack’

Aldermen weigh whether to allow fracking in city limits

by Associated Press Published: January 17,2013

Tags: alderman, board of aldermen, city government, drilling, energy, frack, fracking, fuel, gasoline, municipal, municipality, natural gas, Oil, oil exploration, petroleum

CALEDONIA — With the decision of the Caledonia Board of Alderman to allow fracking within the town’s city limits, what has been a national issue is now a local one. The questions emerge: Is it safe? If so, what would fracking mean to the small town? There is no consensus on either question. Hydraulic fracturing [...] [...]

Officials approve fracking on town-owned property

by Associated Press Published: January 4,2013

Tags: crude, energy, frack, fuel, gasoline, government, Oil, petroleum, town

CALEDONIA — Caledonia officials will allow an oil company to a fracking process to drill on town-owned land. The Commercial Dispatch reports the town signed an agreement with Fletcher Petroleum Corp. of Fairhope, Ala. The town received $100 for a three-year lease on a three-quarter-acre parcel. Hydraulic fracturing involves drilling horizontally instead of straight down, [...] [...]

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