Maryanne Morella Vicki L. Kennedy Written Communications 1 January 29th‚ 2013 The Harmful Effects of “Fracking” The practice of extracting oil from deep underground rock by injecting it with acid is called hydraulic fracturing‚ or “fracking.” The process involves drilling a vertical tunnel‚ sometimes thousands of feet under the earth’s surface‚ until oil or natural gas is found. Next‚ horizontal tunnels are created to pump in water containing erosive chemicals. Fracking is banned in many
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Prospects for Bauxite Mike O’Driscoll Industrial Minerals Since 1967‚ from mine to market: global non-metallic minerals intelligence Proppant Prospects for Bauxite Mike O’Driscoll Outline 1. Proppants & hydraulic fracturing snapshot 2. Evolution of fracturing 3. Fracturing process 4. Proppant types 5. Ceramic proppants & raw material feedstock 6. Market demand trends 7. Summary & conclusions Proppant Prospects for Bauxite Mike O’Driscoll Bauxite & alumina supply chain context
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a. Description of fracking Fracking is often also called hydro fracking‚ hydraulic fracturing‚ shale oil or shale gas. This technology can be defined as the process of extraction of oil and gas by providing a of sand‚ water‚ and chemicals injected at high pressures vertically and horizontally to the bottom layer of rock in which oil and gas are trapped. Hillard Huntington et al.2013 Fracking was developed to get the remnants of oil contained in production wells‚ especially in old oil wells. This
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Hydraulic fracturing‚ otherwise known as fracking‚ is a technique used to stimulate the production of oil or gas. While fracking has aided in the plumpting of gas prices across the United States‚ it unfortunately causes serious health and environmental issues. Contaminated water‚ contaminated soil‚ polluted air‚ exposure to toxic chemicals and long term health effects. Fracking brings more harm than good. Fracking is accomplished when a well with veins (small branching off pathways)‚ is drilled
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In 1947‚ the Stanolind Oil Company in Kansas first introduced hydraulic fracturing‚ more commonly known today as “hydrofracking” or simply “fracking.” It is a process of obtaining natural gas from a mixture of large amounts of water and small amounts of sand and chemicals that are pumped into a drilled gas well under very high pressure. According to the Institute of Energy and Environmental Research‚ fracturing methods and its materials may vary from well to well‚ but each well is usually fractured
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What is fracking? Fracking‚ formally known as Hydraulic Fracturing‚ is the process of drilling straight down into the earth‚ then drilling horizontally to create cracks in the ground. A combination of water‚ sand‚ and added chemicals are pumped at a high pressure to expand and hold the cracks open to extract the gas. It is a technique that has been used in the United States for over 60 years‚ and many more to come (Bierstedt 641). The thing many people are concerned about is fracking’s effect on
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There is nothing fictitious about the arguments in fracking. Hydraulic fracturing‚ also known as fracking‚ is a way of obtaining oil and gas through the practice of cracking open rocks at high pressures using water‚ sand‚ and various chemicals (Jackson‚ 2016‚ para. 1). All over America‚ numerous interest groups participate in a continuous debate on the ethics of this procedure. Two prominent documentaries that circulate the media are FrackNation by Phelim McAleer and Gasland by Josh Fox. Each
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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
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shouldn’t be able to. This is caused from fracking. Fracking is a system utilized to extract natural gases from the earth. This essay will discuss the process‚ dangers and loopholes in regulation of this industry.We must understand how hydraulic fracking works. Hydraulic fracking works by extracting natural gas in deep natural gas wells. Once a well is drilled‚ millions of gallons of water‚ sand‚ and proprietary chemicals are injected‚ under high pressure into the well. The pressure acts as mini earthquakes
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Fracking is a process of injecting water‚ sand‚ or chemicals at a high pressure into rocks that creates cracks within these rocks which allows oil or gas to flow through. After the oil or gas flows through‚ it is now able to be extracted. This also releases brine‚ or waste‚ which is then pumped into injection wells. Although this process could bring millions of dollars into the oil and gas industry‚ it is also the number one cause of earthquakes in Texas. It also can release carcinogenic chemicals
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