09-10-2012 08:55 AM | India

How a little Indian bean impacts US fracking

A little bean called guar, which in Hindi means “cow food,” has the world’s largest oil and gas producers fretting over profit margins.

The reason is simple. In gum form, guar is the thickening agent used to push fluids sideways in the hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” process.
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