Hydraulic fracturing or fracking (as commonly known) is a technique for extracting natural gas from hitherto unreachable sources such as shale rock deep within the earth and many sources looking to its origin have mentioned Halliburton’s 1947 experimental use of… Read More ›
Environment
Grow Now, Clean Up Later – A Model For Africa?
When on August 14th 2013 the government of Chad suspended the China National Petroleum Company from further oil exploration in the country, (as reported by Reuters) it did so as a result of “flagrant violations of environmental standards” by the… Read More ›