As Chu looks on, gas execs denounce potential federal fracking regulations

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Energy Secretary Steven Chu got an earful about shale gasnand hydraulic fracturing last week — and it was the oil and gasnindustry that did the talking.nThe industry brought some big guns to DOE’s Washingtonnheadquarters Wednesday for a two-hour discussion on naturalngas extraction and hydraulic fracturing before a DOE panelntasked with advising Chu on ways to make the process safer andnmore environmentally friendly.nIn attendance were Chesapeake Energy CEO AubreynMcClendon, Southwestern Energy CEO Steve Mueller andnAnadarko Petroleum CEO Jim Hackett, all of whom gathered inna small, crowded and stuffy conference room on the top floor ofnDOE’s Forrestal building.