Hydraulic fracturing

Ontario. Fracking oil has become more and more popular over the past couple of years. The consumption of oil in the whole world is steadily increasing and there has to be another way to harvest the oil from the earth. So what is hydrofracking (hydraulic fracking)? There are several different definitions out there but the most common is “the process…

2011) Silica sand production has increase 37% between 2010 & 2011 (Dolley, 2011). This increase can be linked to silica sands various uses. The major increase for the demand of silica “frac sand” can be directly linked to a process called hydraulic fracturing, or Fracking. This new process has been developed to extract oil and natural gas from shale plays. In 2011 the sales…

regulation have all contributed to an unhealthy impact on our environment. Although, natural gas production has been in existence for many decades, the act of hydraulic fracturing on a commercial level is relatively new. Fracking, having been pioneered by the Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation when the company developed a hydraulic fracturing technique that produced large commercial volumes of natural gas from shale around the year 2000. www.eia.gov In many western states including…

confronted with an obstacle, the easiest and the most efficient way to achieve a resolution is always the most desired; however, when assessing the act of fracking, it may be one hole that should not be drilled. Fracking is the process of using hydraulic machinery to access oil and gas in areas of the Earth’s crust that are otherwise hard to retrieve. Where there are some benefits to using this system, the consequences of fracking are far more catastrophic to our environment. Ethically, fracking…

prices rising and the threat of pollution in the air the people have been looking for alternative solutions to the problems facing us today. Over the last decade or so a new trend in the way we extract our natural gases has gained popularity. Hydraulic fracturing better known now as “fracking” has become the most worthwhile option for business's. “According to the Energy Information Administration, shale gas will account for nearly half of the natural gas produced in the U.S. by 2035.” (McGraw)…

an expensive alternative and only 14% of the energy the US consumes is renewable. What if there was a way to gain access to more fossil fuels to give the world more time to adapt to its new circumstances? There actually is and it is called hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking. The concept of fracking is quite simple. Rocks such as shale which are about 2.000 feet underneath us contain natural gasse. To get to them, a horizontal well-like construction is built to reach down to the…

Even more troubling, than the potential groundwater contamination, is the claim that the methane released during this process is minimal. Although the overall amounts are relatively low, methane has 105 times more warming impact pound for pound than carbon dioxide and so, just a little can go a very long way when it comes to climate change. Not surprisingly, there is wide disagreement on how much methane is being leaked into the atmosphere as part of the fracking process. In a study at Cornell…

Marcellus. The shale rocks are nearly 5,000 to 8,000 feet underground. Hydraulic fracturing has been used in more than one million U.S. wells. One to eight million gallons of water is used just to complete just one fracturing job (Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), n.d.). 80 to 330 tons of chemicals are used or much more, depending on the amount of water used (Earthworks, n.d.) Fracking is a recipe for environmental…

It is said by Lynn Zott that Fossil fuel emissions are the leading source of climate-altering greenhouse gases from human activity. Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," is a process that the oil and gas industry uses to extract natural gas and oil from shale rock formations buried deep within the Earth. On a global scale, drilling and fracking result in significant greenhouse gas emissions…

how effect on Australian community or environment. Definition of ‘fracking’ Fracking is shorthand for the drilling of hydraulic fracturing. Creating fractures in rocks anywhere from 300 to 1000 meters deep and then rock formations by injecting fluid into cracks further open to oil and gas flow out of the formation. Recently, the cutting-edge technologies as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling are combined for drilling oil and natural gas production. Why is CSG important to Australia?…