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    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/10233955/The-town-where-fracking-is-already-happening.html


    Wytch Farm in Dorset is in the heart of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. But you would be forgiven for not knowing the largest oilfield in western Europe is even there.

    Nestled in a pine forest near a nature reserve and on islands off Poole Harbour, the oilfield owned by French company Perenco has been quietly producing thousands of barrels a day since the late 1970s.

    At one point the oilfield had the longest horizontal drill in the world and has regularly pumped water into wells to "fracture" the rock and force out oil and gas.

    Academics say that this so-called "fracking" has been used on 200 wells across the UK over the last 20 years or so.

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