EXCERPT: Powered by the ability to drill 2-mile-long horizontal wells and release oil from hard shale with hydrofracturing, or “fracking,” drilling rigs are pushing closer to homes.
At the same time, suburbs are sprawling onto the plains — the six Front Range counties where drilling has occurred added nearly 105,000 residents between 2010 and 2013 — and at the edges, houses and drill rigs collide.
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