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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (688125)	12/13/2012 11:21:24 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576360

Secret fracking fluids that poison groundwater. Deep sea oil wells that leak like bastards.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (688125)	12/14/2012 8:51:21 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576360

Oh, consider the ability to hit a target the size of your desk top with a drill bit that is 10,000 feet down and up to six miles away from the drill site. All the big oil companies have multiple research subsidiaries - Shell Research and Technology, Exxon Research and Engineering, Exxon Production Research and spend hundreds of millions a year on both upstream and downstream technology development.