OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A legislative interim study requested by an Oklahoma lawmaker is focusing on the impact of hydraulic fracturing to water.
Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is a method used to help extract oil and natural gas from rock through injections of high-pressurized mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals.
State Rep. Steve Vaughan requested the study before the House Agriculture and Wildlife Committee. He says he was concerned drilling activities had contaminated water wells for his constituents or caused wells to go dry.
He says lawmakers needed to discuss the issue and come up with a solution.
The Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association says fracking is safe and has been used in oilfields for decades.
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