Hydraulic fracturing

physically. Artifact: Graph depicting the health effects of hydraulic fracturing chemicals. Artifact Caption: Profile Of Health Effects From Fracking Chemicals Artifact Citation: Graph of oil Chemicals Health Effects from; Center for Western Priorities. “Fracking and Water Quality.” Center for Western Priorities, 26 July 2013, westernpriorities.org/2012/09/11/fracking-and-water-quality/, April 9, 2018. Curator’s Note #1: In the hydraulic fracturing process, a fluid is pumped into a well, which…

However, the Yukoner 's are not happy with the decision the government has made about hydraulic fracturing because it can cause many problems to the community. Citizens from the area are discussing the consequences of this process due to fracking with the government. According to the Newsweek article Texas Governer Greg Abbott passesd a law on May…

The most important component of fracking fluid is water, which makes up most of the composition of fracking fluid. Water is the most important part of fracking fluid, because it is the component that cracks the rock when pressurized. When hydraulic fracturing was in the developmental stage, water was the medium of choice to transfer the pressure to the rocks. It was chosen because of water is environmentally friendly and has a low compressibility when…

The concept of Oil Fracking was first tapped into by Col. Edward Roberts, a civil war veteran. During the battle of Fredericksburg VA he drew the concept from exploding artillery into a narrow canal obstructing the battlefield (Manfreda J.). In 1866, Robert patented the “Exploding Torpedo”. A long rod shaped self- propelled underwater missile was packed into an iron case with 15-20 pounds of powder (Manfreda J.). Underground the case was placed right above the oil reserve, the wire on land was…

became more in demand, our energy consumption has increased rapidly. Most of this energy consumption is given by fossil fuels, for instance, coal, or natural gas. However, some research shows a questionable method of drawing out natural gas: Hydraulic fracturing or fracking, “the injection of fluid at high pressure into an underground rock formation in order to pen fissures and allow trapped gas or crude oil to flow through a pipe to a wellhead at surface” (). The technique of fracking has been…

North Carolina, allowing companies like Duke Energy, General Electric, and Piedmont Natural Gas access to shale drilling, which until now was never available. Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” is the process of extracting natural gas from shale rocks deep within the Earth. New advancements in drilling technology, such as hydraulic fracturing, has make it possible to extract natural gas from shale that was once unreachable with conventional oil drilling. Fracking is a very disputed topic with…

Policy Stream: As mentioned previously, each province is in charge of fracking regulation policies and enforcements. One may wonder if these regulatory systems will ever be addressed by the federal government. Mostly likely not, at least not any time soon. There are existing regulation policies for fracking, however, each industry is in charge of addressing them in the way it's beneficial for them and the province, without having any federal enforcement behind their shoulders.…

Crude oil extraction has advanced over the years and is more efficient to produce. A common way of extracting crude oil is by hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing is a method of extraction that drills down into rock or shale, and pumps in a high pressure liquid, often water. The pumping in of the liquid into the rock separates the crude oil from the rock or shale and helps push it to the top…

the environment and people. Here’s a “fun,” fact; each fracking job uses between one to eight million gallons of water and over forty thousand gallons of chemicals (Source 2). Imagine the effects that this can do to you and your loved ones. Hydraulic Fracturing, is a common method of extracting natural gas that was developed in the 1940’s. Each Fracking site requires an average of 400 tanker trucks to carry water and supplies to and from the…

Hydraulic Fracking is a controversial issue because so little is known about it. But Fracking is some people’s way of life so we can’t just take away their jobs because they have families to feed and to take care of. But on the other hand Destroying are environment and endangering the public isn’t right either just because we need natural gas. Everyone has a side and an opinion but before making your decision on what side you’re on you should always read about it and look up facts. Fracking…