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'''Energy in Depth''' (EID) is a pro-oil-and-gas drilling industry [[front group]] formed by the [[American Petroleum Institute]], the [[Independent Petroleum Association of America]] (IPAA) and dozens of additional industry organizations for the purpose of denouncing legislation proposed by Colorado U.S. Rep. [[Diana DeGette]] to regulate underground hydraulic fracturing fluids. [[Hydraulic fracturing]] of underground geological formations, commonly called "fracking," was invented by the [[Halliburton]] Company. It is done to increase the amounts of oil and gas that can be extracted from existing wells. <ref name="ThinkProg">Alexandra Kougentakis, Brad Johnson [http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/12/frack-attack/ What The Frack? Gas Industry’s Multimillion-Dollar Campaign Demonizes Hydraulic Fracturing Bill], ''Think Progress''; The Wonk Room. June 12, 2009</ref>
Energy in Depth denounces DeGette's proposed fracking legislation as an “unnecessary financial burden on a single small-business industry, American oil and natural gas producers.” In June, 2009, Energy in Depth started a multimillion dollar lobbying and public relations campaign aimed at derailing public health legislation that would require the disclosure of the chemicals used in fracking fluids. In addition to a Web site, EID's campaign includes a Twitter feed, a Facebook group, a YouTube channel and an aggressive advertising campaign. <ref name="ThinkProg"/>
