Supposedly this method can extract 60% of the oil in a reservoir.

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It has developed a method to extract carbon dioxide from industrial emissions and bubble it through seawater to create calcium carbonate, a process that mimics the buildup of coral.

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Fracking, of course, is the controversial method by which producers extract tight oil and gas a process that uses a concoction of water, sand and chemicals to break those deposits free from the rocks where they rest a mile beneath the ground.

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