Source: FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER, 5/19/14
 
Editor's Note: This is part of the third day of a six-day series on gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing, which could begin in North Carolina as early as next spring.  Follow the complete series at fayobserver.com/fracking, and tell us what you think by email to news@fayobserver.com or by calling 910-486-3565.

Two small energy companies are ready to begin exploring Lee County for natural gas as soon as the state signs off on drilling and hydraulic fracking.

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