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    Real Life "Promised Land"

    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.

    Real Life "Promised Land"

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    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.