Hydraulic fracturing is the method which used to extract shale gas, fracturing the rocks with water pressure to release the gas or oil. Hydraulic fracturing caused many environmental problems which are worth pondering. Many countries such as France and Bulgaria were already successively promulgate law to against using hydraulic fracturing. But Germany, Britain and maintain a positive attitude. I am the one who support hydraulic fracturing because the following reasons. Reduce the contamination…
Although hydraulic fracturing has been in use for oil and natural gas drilling since the early 1900’s, its detrimental effects have only recently been brought to the public’s attention. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is the use of a pressurized, chemically treated mixture of water and sand to release and extract quantities of natural gas and petroleum from shale rock. This mining process and its toxins are harmful to thousands of people across the nation. Hydraulic fracturing is a dangerous…
Hydraulic fracturing, also known simply as fracking, is a process used to extract natural gas and oil from beneath the earth’s surface. This process is accomplished by drilling a well and pumping pressurized water, proppants such as sand, and chemicals into that well; the result of this process is that fractures occur within the targeted layer of shale rock, which allow for extraction of the desired gas and oil (Hyder and Lerner 2250). As a cleaner burning fuel, natural gas continues to be an…
In order to illustrate how fracking works, jets shoot fracking fluid, which is a mixture of sand, water, and hundreds of chemicals, into the drilled hole to create cracks in the shale. The fracking fluid breaks down the shale releasing the oil, which gets pumped back up to be treated. Most of the fracking chemicals are undisclosed by fracking companies and could be potentially harmful; can be performed in a vertical oil well, as well as into shale and tar sands (Walsh). When mining deeper oil…
Hydraulic Fracturing for oil and natural gas is possibly one of the most misunderstood parts of drilling around. The term itself is almost as bad for some as racial slanders. Countries have banned the process and even some states such as Colorado have placed embargos on the process until more research is available. Environmental groups storm capitals at the sound of the word demanding more regulations. What many don’t realize is that the oil business has been using the same process for 70 years…
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the process in which chemicals and liquids are injected into rocks below the Earth’s surface at high pressure to extract the natural gas or oil trapped inside the rock. Below the surface of the United States lies trillions of cubic feet of natural gas, a quantity which is twice the amount of oil in Saudi Arabia. Although opponents of fracking claim that the process causes several safety risks and hazards, and is harmful for the environment, hydraulic…
Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is a controversial method of extracting gas and oil by injecting liquids at high pressures into the ground to force open fissures. Although fracking has been around for over half a century, it still remains a very debated topic and for good reason. Fracking has the potential to create jobs, reduce dependence on foreign oil sources, and lower taxes, among many other positive effects. However, fracking is also dangerous to the environment is…
flow out to the head of the well. This process can be executed vertical and horizontally by drilling through the Rock layers. This allows new directional ways to release gases or used for existing channels to have better flow. The process is called hydraulic fracking because it refers to how the Rock if being broken apart by a high pressure mixture. Since you are digging deeper into the ground it can cause environmental concerns towards the earth. Not only can you start to cause earthquakes but…
The BBC stated in the article What is fracking and why is it controversial? that “Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a technique designed to recover gas and oil from shale rock. Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside.” To be more specific, oil companies drill into the earth to extract gas from rocks using a high pressure water mixture. The water mixture includes gallons of water, sand, and…
Hydraulic Fracturing: Fracking Many citizens in the United States have no idea what Hydraulic Fracturing or Fracking does to the soil, Injecting a liquid into a high pressure subterranean rock to extract oil or gas comes with problems, such as poisoning air and drinking water which makes the people become sick. Rachel Ehrenberg states that “ Fracking… Poisons air and drinking water and make people sick.” The government should not allow a practice in which makes the soil near the sites of…