Shaniqua McIntosh April 15‚ 2013 Environmental Science Hydraulic Fracturing: The Problem Hydraulic Fracturing or fracking was first introduced in 1940s and has then been a key provider of natural gas and oil worldwide. Despite its expansion and customary use‚ fracking still poses many health and environmental concerns. During fracking‚ pressurized liquids are injected into drilled wells‚ which cause the surrounding rock to crack open allowing gas and oil flow through the fissures
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Hydraulic fracturing is a 21st century method applied to extract gas from the rock bed in the Earth’s crust. It is commonly referred to as ‘fracking’. The process is carried out by breaking apart the rocks by the addition millions of gallons of water‚ sand and chemicals preceded by the explosion of the rock bed. It is most commonly practiced in the United States; this technique hasn’t been applied in other countries a lot. It is predicted that this would be a solution the ever rising prices of oil
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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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What is Hydraulic Fracturing Contrary to popular belief’s Hydraulic Fracturing is not a drilling process .It is the series of steps that are used after the drilling of hole in the ground is completed to create or restore small fractures or opening in the reservoir rock formation .These small fractures or opening in the reservoir are mainly used to extract –petroleum‚ natural gas ( such as shale gas ‚ tight gas ‚ and coal seam) ‚water And natural substances This process was first used in 1947
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Is hydrologic fracturing a suitable form of energy production? Over the past 85 years‚ the American Petroleum Institute‚ API‚ has been developing and refining engineering standards and practices for the industry. The past decade has brought about a new practice which involves hydraulic fracturing in order to produce oil and natural gas in places where conventional technologies are ineffective. This is a rather in depth process. Firstly‚ a production drill is drilled through the rock layers to intersect
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3 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
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Hydraulic Fracturing: An Inconvenient Truth Carolyn Yanoti and Florian Muller I6068325‚ I6078618 December 5‚ 2013 Workshop Paper Assignment Final Version Professor Julia Quartz As America looks to find the best source of energy at hand domestically‚ the use of hydraulic fracturing proves to be the best response. Hydraulic fracturing is more commonly known as fracking‚ is the process where natural gas is extracted from shale rock areas deep within the earth. In the
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on the Fracking Nation _____________________ SMGT 435 Research Paper Lorie LaPorta May 3‚ 2013 Political and Economic Thoughts on the Fracking Nation Introduction Hydraulic fracturing‚ or fracking‚ is a horizontal drilling method that extracts natural gas from Marcellus shale formations thousands of feet below the surface. A high pressure water mixtures is pushed into a well‚ and pressure applied so the shale cracks and
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chemicals that you are unaware of. Today making a difference in our economic system‚ means poisoning our Great Lakes‚ killing off the future‚ and not giving children the benefit of the doubt if that were done to the people of the states. Fracking‚ also known as hydraulic fracturing‚ fracking‚ and fracture stimulation‚ is shale gas drilling companies come to an area‚ buy up drilling rights from landowners‚ cut new roads and raze patches of land formerly undisturbed natural environments‚ cart in and out
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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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