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The New Albany Shale play, which touches southern Illinois and Shawnee National Forest, holds great potentital for oil companies through a process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
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The New Albany Shale play, which touches southern Illinois and Shawnee National Forest, holds great potentital for oil companies through a process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
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The New Albany Shale play, which touches southern Illinois and Shawnee National Forest, holds great potentital for oil companies through a process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
The New Albany Shale play, which touches southern Illinois and Shawnee National Forest, holds great potentital for oil companies through a process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

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