Amid fracking boom, unlicensed middlemen often closing the deals -
Reuters Investigates (11:2
Drilling companies are hiring and dispatching brokers to cut deals with local land owners for their mineral rights. The mission of these so-called “land men”: Close the deal quickly. Reuters travelled to Carroll County, Ohio, to find out more about this unregulated aspect of the hydraulic fracturing boom.
(Oct. 2, 2012)
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http://www.reuters.com/video/2012/10/01/reuters-tv-amid-fracking-boom-unlicensed-middlemen?videoId=238108258&videoChannel=117777