February 8, 2019

Usmani on what connects U.S. fracking and Indian rural electrification

Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

What connects smallholder farmers in the semi-arid tracts of northwest India to the oil and gas barons of Texas and Oklahoma? A little green bean called guar! Faraz Usmani discusses how the seeds of this humble legume yield a potent thickening agent that greatly enhances the effectiveness of fracking fluid.