Southwestern Oil Co. president Jeff Cook (right), with host Mark Bashore. Credit Scott Pohl/WKAR
Yesterday Echo a Current State interview with the leader of a Michigan petition effort that’s aimed at banning hydraulic fracturing in the state. Fracking, as it’s called, pumps a combination of water and chemicals into underground rock where natural gas and oil are trapped. The process crushes the rock surrounding the deposits and frees them. The growth of hydraulic fracturing is credited for making the United States the world’s leading producer of oil and gas.
Today we hear from an advocate of the practice, Jeff Cook, president of Southwestern Oil Company in Greenville, Michigan.
This segment was produced by WKAR’s Current State and is reproduced with permission.