Dan A. Hughes Oil Company, a Texas-based oil company, recently used a form of “enhanced extraction,” in Naples, which is similarly defined as fracking. Drilling was performed in Sunniland Trend, which is a limestone formation that contains an oil reserve from Fort Myers to Miami. Nearby, Oil Well Road has Florida’s first oil derrick on display with a historical landmark plaque.
A group of concerned citizens like retired school teachers and social activists are trying to stop the drilling in the Everglades region of Florida. The oil company had allegedly ignored a request by the Department of Environmental Protection, so the state halted all drilling operations on May 2. The Department requested the company not move forward with further drilling until an additional review could be performed.
"The company proposed to inject a dissolving solution at sufficient pressure to achieve some openings in the oil bearing rock formation that would be propped open with sand in pursuit of enhancing oil production," according to Dee Ann Miller, spokesperson for the Department of Environmental Protection.
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