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FogerRox

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21. Currently 9k fracking wells in operation in PA

Reply to AlinPA (Reply #10)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 07:03 PM

Jun 2012

80k is a bit over the top, no other state has as many fracking wells as PA. But the industry has no plans to build that many wells so likely the number is hyperbole.

PA might have 400 lease apps for next year.

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