ConocoPhillips wins first regulatory approval of fracking in the North - The Globe and Mail
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A Canadian energy regulator has given a major oil and gas company permission to produce oil using a controversial technique in the Northwest Territories.
The National Energy Board gave ConocoPhillips Co. the right to drill two wells and then use horizontal fracturing, known as fracking, methods to extract oil out of shale rocks. This is the first time the NEB has authorized a company to frack in the North.