The Hydraulic Fracturing Project Table of Contents · Legal and Environmental Issues · State and Federal Law and Regulations · Understand Hydraulic Fracturing to United States Energy Needs The procedure known as Hydraulic Fracturing consist in create fractures in the rocks or rock formations‚ and it is done by introducing a mix of sand and water inside the cracks in order to force the underground to expand. The large fissures will allow that more oil and gas flow
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Abraham Wilson HYDRAULIC FRACTURING Description and Analysis Hydraulic fracturing is a process within the mining and drilling industries used to increase the output of an underground fluid. Fracturing is used to access or augment productivity in petroleum‚ water and natural gas. The actual process is accomplished deep underground when a pressurized fluid is ejected from underground piping into the surrounding rock formations. The pressure of the fluid creates a crack in the rock which continues
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The Split Personality of Hydraulic Fracturing There is wide agreement among most experts and the public that the current energy sources we use in the United States are in need of a replacement. Reliance on the fossil fuels of coal and oil are problematic for at least two reasons: their negative impact on the environment (both in extraction and their use) and the reliance on supplies of these from other countries‚ which has created problems on the geopolitical front. Nuclear fission remains a controversial
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Sean Bonacum Poe Engl. 1301 4 March 2014 The Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing Thousands of feet below the Earth’s surface‚ flows vast reservoirs of one of our planets most sought after commodities. In ancient Babylon there are writings of a dark elixir oozing from the lands surface‚ even then the people understood how precious this material was. Oil‚ along with Natural gas‚ are exceptionally rich sources of energy. A gallon of oil surpasses the output of five kg of coal‚ ten kg of wood‚ and over
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Hydraulic Fracturing Over the past few decades‚ the United States has become heavily reliant on using nonrenewable resources. The excessive uses of these resources‚ such as coal‚ are extremely harmful to the environment and can be considered responsible for global climate change and the destruction of a once healthy atmosphere. Some companies have claimed to find a “clean” source of energy called natural gas‚ found deep within the Earth’s crust. Commercials created by these companies state that
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Hydraulic fracturing is a water-intensive industrial process that drillers use to collect the natural gas held in shale formations. Shale gas has become an increasingly important energy resource in the U.S. Fracking fluid contains water‚ salt‚ sand‚ and hazardous industrial chemicals. This fluid is injected at high pressure underground into geologic formations. The salty water‚ sand‚ and chemical mixture forces natural gas up through the well bore to the surface for collection through pipelines.
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Hydraulic fracturing is when a hole or "well" is drilled deep into the ground‚ in an effort to extract valuable natural gas reserves which exist beneath the surface. The process of constructing a hydraulic fracturing well includes drilling into the Earth--first vertically and then horizontally‚ then lining the well with a two-terminal tube with one terminal that is filled with water while the other pipes the recovered natural gases up above ground (Withgott & Laposata‚ 2014). In order to exhume the
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July 15‚ 2013 Hydraulic Fracturing- Safe or Not When visiting family in Pennsylvania a couple of years back‚ I heard a new term called “fracking.” The towns were all a buzz about this new way to tap into Pennsylvania’s newest resource‚ natural gas. What I noticed was‚ a beautiful picturesque countryside being torn up. I saw trucks hauling water and equipment‚ traveling up and down small country roads. Farms that had been in family’s for generations being sold off or leased to gas companies. A new
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Gasland‚ by Josh Fox‚ a Strong Argument against Hydraulic Fracturing Gasland‚ a documentary by Josh Fox‚ details the dangers of hydraulic fracturing. The film starts when Fox receives an offer from a gas company to rent his land and drill for natural gas. He travels across the United States investigating the affects in places where fracturing has is already established. Fox provides a strong argument that hydraulic fracturing is a danger to the environment and residents where the drilling occurs
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Danielle Myers12-1 Hydraulic fracturing(also known as fracking) is a highly controversial topic to those that keep up with current government issues. Although many people believe that fracking is malicious‚ it is potentially one of the greatest ideas for America‚ and could end our distress very quickly. The only negative responses to fracking are coming from relatively uninformed people. Fracking has both environmental and economic advantages. Many people are uninformed about fracking. Some
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