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ANIMATION: Hydraulic fracturing explained

Michael Allan McCrae | August 15, 2012 | 6:08 am

Marathon Oil Corp has put together one of the best introductory videos on how hydraulic fracturing works.

There is a lot of corporate-speak during the video, but it’s still worth a watch if your curious about how it all happens.

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