[spokeshave]

Ha...they all missed the boat....

GASFRAC baby...existing technology and implemented on a number of wells.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Kitty litter ?

[Wonder Warthog]

"Most drillers still use sand, especially in shallow or low-pressure wells. But a growing number of companies have formed to produce tiny ceramic beads, known as ceramic proppant, for use in the wells, based on research showing the beads can penetrate farther into the rock and hold up better under pressure, increasing the productivity of wells."

Hmmm....small round beads of uniform size penetrate further than irregularly-shaped sand particles.....

This sounds like a D'OH moment to me.

[mosesdapoet]

I find Jeannie Kever’s reference to the material being pumped out in the Fuel Fix article as “fossil fuel” “interesting” and perhaps disturbing.