Oil production in the U.S. has increased due to the use of hydraulic fracturing of shale rocks.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

Previously, shale had been overlooked as an oil reservoir rock but advances in hydraulic fracturing have made this possible and created new oil reserves.

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