VIDEO: U.K. debating whether to expand fracking onshore

In the United States, fracking has helped make more oil and natural gas available for extraction.

In the United Kingdom, however, the very controversial procedure is still used much less frequently. Now, Britain is weighing the pros and cons of allowing more companies to go forward with fracking, which involves blasting sand, water and chemicals into shale to extract more natural gas.

Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. has been exploring a gas producing region in northern Britian and has drilled two wells through conventional means. Eric Vaughan, COO of Cuadrilla, said his company is hoping to use fracking to create a path for the gas to be extracted.

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