It is literally in the neighborhood of 1 million wells. So this is not a new thing.
Tom Cole: “It is literally in the neighborhood of 1 million wells. So this is not a new thing.”
On the recordMarch 3, 2010
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Cole emphasizes the long history of hydraulic fracturing in the U.S.
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