Devon Energy executive J. Larry Nichols defends hydraulic fracturing at Capitol Hill forum

 
BY CHRIS CASTEEL ccasteel@opubco.com
Published: November 15, 2011

WASHINGTON — J. Larry Nichols , executive chairman of Devon Energy Corp. , said Monday that hydraulic fracturing has become like the Sputnik satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 — the source to some of “every evil known to man,” including earthquakes and tornadoes.

At a Capitol Hill forum on natural gas development in the United States , Nichols said hydraulic fracturing — the process...


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