Fracking safety: Report warns of 'significant unknowns'

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Sparse public data on onshore oil and gas drilling makes full extent of failures in hydrocarbon wells unknown, experts say

The lack of publicly available data on the UK's onshore oil and gas drilling means there are significant "unknowns" about the safety of future fracking wells, according to a new study. The research also...

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