Fracking Suffocate Earth Research Paper
Will Fracking Suffocate Earth?!
Student Name: Pang Jian Jie (JJ)
Student Number: 21373411
Tutorial Day/Time: Friday/12-2pm
Tutor’s Name: Luis Parra Avila
Word Count: 967
Hydraulic fracturing, also commonly known as “fracking”, is a method often used nowadays to extract natural gas. The process starts when a steel pipe casing is inserted into the drilled well bore. Tiny holes are made in the pipe in order to let the fracturing fluid flow into the zones which contain oil or gas. Eventually, these zones will fracture due to the pressure from the overflowing fluid. Once the fractures are formed, the fluid halts and flows back to the surface. Remnants from fluid such as sand are then left behind, holding open the fractures. Another way to form these fractures is to inject gases such as nitrogen. Acidizing sometimes occur while fracturing where hydrochloric acid is pumped inside to …show more content…
and Miller, B. 2014, “Toward a better understanding and quantification of methane emissions from shale gas development”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 111, no. 17, pp. 6237-6242.
Fears, D. 2014, Fracking could threaten air quality, workers ' health, latest report says, Washington, D.C.
Howarth, R.W., Ingraffea, A. & Engelder, T. 2011, "Should fracking stop?", Nature, vol. 477, no. 7364, pp. 271-275.
Kovats, S., Depledge, M., Haines, A., Fleming, L.E., Wilkinson, P., Shonkoff, S.B. & Scovronick, N. 2014, "The health implications of fracking", The Lancet, vol. 383, no. 9919, pp. 757-8.
Mooney, C 2011, ‘The truth about Fracking’, Scientific American, vol. 305, no. 5, pp. 80-85.
REPORT: Five Major Health Threats from Fracking-Related Air Pollution 2014, , Washington, D.C.
Smith, S. 2012, Fracking 's air quality impacts may pose health risk, study finds, SNL Financial LC,
Student Name: Pang Jian Jie (JJ)
Student Number: 21373411
Tutorial Day/Time: Friday/12-2pm
Tutor’s Name: Luis Parra Avila
Word Count: 967
Hydraulic fracturing, also commonly known as “fracking”, is a method often used nowadays to extract natural gas. The process starts when a steel pipe casing is inserted into the drilled well bore. Tiny holes are made in the pipe in order to let the fracturing fluid flow into the zones which contain oil or gas. Eventually, these zones will fracture due to the pressure from the overflowing fluid. Once the fractures are formed, the fluid halts and flows back to the surface. Remnants from fluid such as sand are then left behind, holding open the fractures. Another way to form these fractures is to inject gases such as nitrogen. Acidizing sometimes occur while fracturing where hydrochloric acid is pumped inside to …show more content…
and Miller, B. 2014, “Toward a better understanding and quantification of methane emissions from shale gas development”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 111, no. 17, pp. 6237-6242.
Fears, D. 2014, Fracking could threaten air quality, workers ' health, latest report says, Washington, D.C.
Howarth, R.W., Ingraffea, A. & Engelder, T. 2011, "Should fracking stop?", Nature, vol. 477, no. 7364, pp. 271-275.
Kovats, S., Depledge, M., Haines, A., Fleming, L.E., Wilkinson, P., Shonkoff, S.B. & Scovronick, N. 2014, "The health implications of fracking", The Lancet, vol. 383, no. 9919, pp. 757-8.
Mooney, C 2011, ‘The truth about Fracking’, Scientific American, vol. 305, no. 5, pp. 80-85.
REPORT: Five Major Health Threats from Fracking-Related Air Pollution 2014, , Washington, D.C.
Smith, S. 2012, Fracking 's air quality impacts may pose health risk, study finds, SNL Financial LC,