Fracking investments under threat from falling oil prices

Will Nichols
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Shale gas companies and oil majors seeing profits eaten away as crude prices dip to $80 a barrel

Plummeting oil prices are threatening to undermine the fracking boom in the US, according to new industry figures. Shale gas and oil were seen as accelerating the country's recovery from recession as...

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