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US oil industry challenges first federal fracking rules
Rules will exacerbate a flight from federal and tribal lands to private property as well as cost local jobs and federal revenue, say lawyers
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Sun, Mar 22, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Washington
US DRILLERS already reeling from a six-month drop in oil prices denounced new US fracking regulations as costly and unnecessary, and quickly met them with a lawsuit.
After three years of debate, the US Interior Department said on Friday that drillers on federal land must reveal the chemicals they use, meet construction standards for wells and safely dispose of contaminated water.
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