Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development

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Fracking has been used safely since 1947.

1. More than 90% of all oil and natural gas wells use fracking at some point.
2. The EPA has never found an incident of water contamination due to fracking.
3. Fracking is key to unlocking domestic oil and natural gas deposits so vast that by 2035, less than 1% of our nation’s overall natural gas usage will come from foreign imports.
4. Before a well is fracked, seven separate layers of cement and steel are installed to protect underground sources of drinking water.
5. Fracking fluid is 99.5 percent water and sand. The rest is a mixture of chemicals similar to household products found under your kitchen sink or in your garage.
6. Under Colorado law, all oil and natural gas operators must publish the fracking ingredients they use in each well. You can access this information through a public Internet database.
7. Fracking in Colorado accounts for just 0.1 percent of the state’s total water use.
8. In 2012 alone, the oil and natural gas industry pumped $29.6 billion into the Colorado economy, according to a recent University of Colorado study.
9. That’s over 110,000 high paying jobs and $1.6 billion in tax revenue for things that are important – like Colorado’s schools, parks and roads.