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Alberta’s seismic shale boom |
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Rockie's Today |
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Mountain West News |
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2018 |
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https://mountainwestnews.org/albertas-seismic-shale-boom-a76e1fdd10bc |
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Fracking-linked quakes rock Alberta boomtown
In the Western Alberta town of Fox Creek, roughnecks shuffle through hotel lobbies, freight trucks choke slushy streets and, every once in a while, tremors shake the earth. Welcome to Canada’s biggest shale boom. Here, the prize is condensate, an ultra-light oil that’s perfect for diluting the heavy tar-sands crude for which Alberta is known. |
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