wikipedia.com Documentary: “GASLAND” Josh Fox 2010 Our Future joe cool OUR FUTURE Joe cool Intro. 105 Our Future 1 Hydraulic fracturing is the propagation of fractures in a rock layer caused by the presence of a pressurized fluid. (wiki 2011). This occurs naturally in nature‚ but the Hydraulic fracturing that I will speak of in this paper is a process being used by gas companies nationwide. Fracking is currently regulated by the EPA under the clean water act
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Fracking is a very popular conversational topic or subject of commercials‚ media etc.. But many people actually do not 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
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Hydraulic fracking is the method of extracting gas from sediments by injecting the area with a mixture of water‚ sand and other chemicals to release methane gas. Another source of fuel is the mining of coal. Unlike fracking‚ coal mining requires labor that is both physically demanding and hazardous. Mining for coal also requires a larger surface area and therefore could have a larger negative impact on the environment. The burning of coal contributes more CO2 emissions than the burning of natural
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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 bedrock to produce natural gas and oil. The process creates small cracks or fractures in rock formations. The initiative of hydraulic fracturing will create jobs
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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 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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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 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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Ella January 2nd ‚ 2014 Hydraulic Fracking in the United States Petroleum‚ natural gas‚ oil…do we really need them? These products power so many things today that humankind “depends” on. Machines in factories‚ automobiles‚ and an abundance of other electronics are fueled by the result of hydraulic fracking. Hydraulic fracking‚ or hydraulic fracturing‚ is used among companies that drill underground for oil and natural gas. The drillers inject millions of gallons of water‚ sand‚ salts and chemicals—some
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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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