Toni Smith Carrington's 12-year-old daughter Freya, from Bromsgrove, suffered an open fracture to her thigh in the crash.

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Because of the risk of infection, there are potentially more problems associated with healing when a fracture is open to the skin.

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In this process, after a well is drilled, pressurized water is injected into the well to fracture the shale and open fissures that enable natural gas to flow more freely out of the well.

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But XTO, with a smaller capital structure than the supermajors', is happy to invest in the neglected fields, using new techniques of 3-D imaging, horizontal drilling and so-called fracture stimulation--blowing open rock formations by injecting mudlike fluids down wells to get at big methane reservoirs.

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