[spokeshave]

I’m sure winter has some impact, but good grief, the author seems to have forgotten Alaska existed.

I don't think they have to use fracking in Alaska.

With oil shale the water/acetic acid/sand/glass beads etc have to be trucked in to the well head....and when the well is put in production a lot of it comes back out, which is then trucked back to re-cycling facility.

[thackney]

Hydraulic fracturing is done on most wells.

Here is an example from Pioneer this year for the planned activities in the year for the Alaskan North Slope.

Note the hydraulic fracturing scheduled from January to mid April, page 2.

http://dog.dnr.alaska.gov/Permitting/Documents/POO_PNRA_Nuna_Exploration_Program_20110919.pdf