RISK OF EARTHQUAKES FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN THE UK – KEY STAKEHOLDERS PERCERPTION 1.0 Background On the 1st April 2011‚ a magnitude 2.3M earthquake was recorded near the town of Blackpool‚ UK and this was followed on the 27th May 2011 by a second seismic occurrence of measuring 1.5 on Richter scale. These two events occurred close to Preese Hall drilling site‚ where Caudrilla Resources was extracting gas from a shale deposit using a new method called Hydraulic Fracturing‚ often referred to as
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know what it is‚ does and risks. Fracking‚ or Hydraulic Fracturing is the process of pumping a high-pressured fluid (consisting out of water‚ sand‚ and other chemicals) into shale rocks to widen the fractures (Fracking). This releases the pockets of gas or petroleum inside the rock‚ and making them accessible to the human (Hyder‚ Joseph). It was developed in the 1940’s‚ but‚ since it is very expensive‚ had it’s real boom in the last decades where gas prices were comparable high (Hyder‚ Joseph). Now
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DEONTOLOGICAL ETHICS Ethics in Our Lives Kalin Leonard University of Phoenix Abstract Virtue theory‚ utilitarian‚ and deontological theories offer different views on how we make different decisions in our lives. Virtue theory focuses primarily on what a specific act says about a person’s moral character‚ utilitarian theory focuses on how a specific acts affects a large number of people‚ while deontological theory focuses on if that act is right or wrong based on a set of rules. Ethics in Our
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In today’s economy‚ natural gas and oil are used for energy‚ to heat and cool homes and provides fuel for cooking. Fossil fuel companies developed a process for natural gas called hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing has become the most used technique in the United States’ to produce oil and natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing is also knows as fracking is a technique to produce natural gas and oil. Wells are built which involves the injection of water‚ sand and chemicals at high pressure into
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determined from the analysis of fracturing pressures resulting from closure (pump-in/flowback [PI/FB]) tests. Chapter 9 provides additional fracturing analysis information. Collection and analysis of fracturing pressures are facilitated by the monitoring vehicles provided by service companies. These vehicles are equipped with computer hardware and software that can digitize‚ display‚ analyze and record relevant data. The successful application of any method of fracturing pressure analysis relies
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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
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Hydraulic Fracking Research Paper and Why the process of Fracking is bad for our environment Kimberly Ricker Park University Abstract This paper explores the hydraulic fracturing process‚ exactly what it is‚ what the fracturing process does to the earth and the surrounding environment in addition‚ to the consequences. Hydraulic fracturing is fracturing of rock by pressurization. This process by which oil and natural gas can be forced from the earth. The
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Hydraulic Fracking Is it the “New Wave” of our Future? Hydraulic fracturing‚ also known as “fracking” is responsible for the historic boom in production of domestic gas and oil. Over the past few years‚ advances in fracking creates fractures that extend from wells into oil and gas formations by pumping highly-pressurized fluid; water‚ sand‚ ceramic beads‚ and a mixture of chemicals into the oil or gas formation. As this fluid holds the underground fissures open‚ oil and gas flow up the
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Hydraulic fracturing is a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth’s surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil. How the process works: The process includes steps to protect water supplies. To ensure that neither the fluid that will eventually be pumped through the well‚ nor the oil or gas that will eventually be collected‚ enters the water supply‚ steel surface or intermediate casings are inserted
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Essay #1 Three Types of Students College is a melting pot of people. Everyone is different; students learn at different paces and have different learning styles. If students choose a community college they are placed in classes based upon their academic testing scores. Students will find themselves in a classroom with peers whom are on the same level academically. Although the students in these classes are following the same curriculum‚ they are all different when it comes to their work
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