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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 25 > Natural-gas boom gaining speed

Natural-gas boom gaining speed

Prospectors are flocking to supplies that many think will last decades

By Clifford Krauss / The Bulletin
August 25, 2008

HOUSTON — American natural gas production is rising at a clip not seen in half a century, pushing down prices of the fuel and reversing conventional wisdom that domestic gas fields were in irreversible decline.

The new drilling boom uses advanced technology to release gas trapped in....

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