Hydraulics

5.2 Background DECC (2015) delineates hydraulic fracking as an unconventional method of extracting natural gas reserves situated in shale rock. Fracking for shale gas occurs in fractured rock sediments when pressurized liquid (water and additives) and sand are ingested at high pressure through wells to crack shale rocks sediments (Evensen, Jacquet, Clarke & Stedman, 2014). The most commonly extracted shale gas is methane gas even though other secondary gases may also be present (American…

1. Effect of obstructing hydraulic structures on the fish fauna: Dams, barrages, weirs or navigation locks built on a river for various purposes act as obstruction to the migration of the fishes. Various effects of such hydraulic structures are as follows: a) Barrier to the movement of fish to their spawning grounds. Several fish species require special regions to spawn. These hydraulic structures obstruct the movement of such species to their upstream spawning grounds where they reproduce. As…

everyday actions. Driving, cooking, heating homes. Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing. A revolutionary advancement in the collection of natural gas. The best part about it, America is sitting on top of biggest untapped pockets of it in the world. Potentially giving America a new seat of power on the world stage. Although the process is new and untested, is it worth the risk? For the state of Michigan the answer is most definitely no. Hydraulic Fracturing must not be allowed to operate in the state…

more innovative ways to extract these same fossil fuels from the Earth. One of these new ways is Hydraulic Fracturing; also known as Fracking. Unfortunately, Fracking is the cause of many different health problems and extensive environmental issues. So, you may be wondering what any of that even means. What is Hydraulic Fracturing? The best way to explain this is to break it down step by step. Hydraulic fracturing is a process that begins by producing cracks and fractures in the specific rock…

Hydraulic Fracking is a drilling method used to extract gas beneath shale formations located deep below the Earth’s surface. It has been practiced for more than 50 years, but it was not until the last decade it became an issue due to a new method of drilling horizontally. Before the last decade, the practice was to drill vertically through shale bedrock to obtain access to oil or gas. In the last 10 to 15 years to the practice of horizontal drilling for methane became popular due to the…

Inexpensive natural gas is transforming the way our energy is harnessed. With increasingly better technology, many forms of alternative energy are being supplied. Hydraulic fracturing to obtain energy is one such field that has been explored in the last 50 years. Although some may say that it this clean energy is the replacement for coal, the hydraulic fracturing process used to acquire this extraordinary product must be improved before it can be called safe. Recent spurs to further develop…

Beatriz Kaspin ENG 102 – 11006 Jun 8, 2015 Hydraulic Fracturing essay Hydraulic Fracturing Because of recent technological advances in energy exploration, petroleum engineers have been able to implement a new and effective way to extract oil from the ground. The hydraulic fracturing also known as fracking is used in nine out of 10 natural gas wells in the United States with the purpose of extracting oil and natural gas (Freeman, 2014). Fracking is a drilling method, and consists of special…

largest demand for energy in all forms. One common way to get the energy we need is through hydraulic fracking, but it has become more controversial as we know more about it. This paper will discuss what Hydraulic fracking is, what has been the recent controversy around it, and finally what effects the injection of wastewater has on the ground water and seismic geology of the region. Generally speaking, hydraulic fracking is the process of drilling a hole and pumping water mixed with various…

Christopher Gleason, Irvin Casillas Fracking is just another way of saying hydraulic fracturing, which is the process of cracking through sentiments (hence fracturing) to make harvesting resources such as oil more accessible. The fracking process uses pressurized water with a combination of other materials to penetrate into said sentiment. In the late 1940s, engineers used fracking to increase oil production. Hydraulic fracturing started as an experiment in 1947 by Floyd Farris. The success of…

production. However, this revolutionary approach has created environmental skepticism around how environmentally friendly and sustainable this practice actually is and the types of problems that could be associated with fracking as a practice. Hydraulic Fracking has become extremely controversial because of very serious potential environmental risks. Enormous amounts of water are used during the fracking process, which become polluted creating a high probability…