I guess if the reporter has never heard of something before, it must be ‘new’.
Above post made by someone that has no knowlege of oil recovery processes and thinks he is an expert because he read wikipedis ....
Dude, if you are here to spout the typical anti-fracking propaganda, realize that we do have actual experts on this subject here on FR - folks who work in the industry instead of in DC enviro think tanks. Anti-fracking trolls don't fare well here as a result. I believe the proper technical phrase is that they get their a**es handed to them.