NEW ZEALAND

Fraccing good news

THE Taranaki Regional Council has found the flaring of hydraulic fracturing fluids has minimal effects on air quality even very close to wellsites, with every downwind measurement satisfying New Zealand's Ministry for the Environment air quality guidelines.

While the study may disappoint environmentalists wanting more fodder to fire in their fight against fraccing, TRC environment quality director Gary Bedford says the results are "reassuring for the public,...

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