Hydraulic Fracking

Hydraulic Fracturing
(“Fracking”)

LAS 432 – Technology, Society, and Culture
Team B
Michael Griffin
Mark Hartwick
Alena Hutson
Kansas Gentry
Kevin Gracia

Professor Douglas McCoy
8/24/12

Contents
Thesis…………………………………………………………………………………Page 3
Abstract……………………………………………………………………………….Page 3
Hydraulic Fracturing Description…………………………………………………….Page 4
History of Fracking.....................……………………………………………………..Page 5
Cultural Context………………………………………………………………………Page 8
Pros……………………………………………………………………………………Page 8
Cons…………………………………………………………………………………..Page 11
Context Summary…………………………………………………………………….Page 16
Media Influence………………………………………………………………………Page 17
Fracking Fluids……………………………………………………………………….Page 18
Proppants……………………………………………………………………………..Page 22
Pumping and Blending Equipment…………………………………………………...Page 23
Fracture Treatment Designs…………………………………………………………..Page 24
Economic Considerations for Hydraulic Fracturing………………………………….Page 25
Variable Economic Issues…………………………………………………………….Page 20
Hydraulic Fracturing Guarantees many Benefits for Local Economy………………..Page 33
Ancillary Products and Business……………………………………………………...Page 35
Psychological Considerations and Sociological Effects…………………………….. Page 38
Political and Legal Influences………………………………………………………...Page 40
Environmental Concerns……………………………………………………………...Page 43
References…………………………………………………………………………….Page 49

Thesis
Fracking is a controversial new method The US is participating in to extract energy sources from our own land in an effort to cut down dependence on foreign energy.

Abstract
Fracking is in the center of a political debate due to the potential for pollution and the consumption of our current resources such as clean water and sand. In this paper we will “drill” deeper into the process of hydro fracturing. We will give a description of the process. We will discuss the political, sociological and environmental effects of fracking along with the

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