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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shale underground and only recently new technology was developed that can release the gas from the shale in a process called fracking. Geographic Trends In the past people have used many harmful process to obstruct materials from the earth. Now that people have the knowledge of how activities can harm the environment‚ this type of behavior should not be allowed. Fracking causes many serious problems like water contamination‚
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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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Report on the effects of shale gas extraction by means of hydraulic fracturing in the Republic of Ireland. 2nd edition Edited by Brigit Beemster and Ron Beemster BSc MSc‚ for the Fracking Research and Information Centre‚ Sligo 15 December 2011 Table of Contents: Section 1 2 3 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 6 7 8 9 10 Page Summary The authors Introduction Licences in Ireland Introduction to shale gas extraction by means of hydraulic fracturing
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Is Fracking Safe? February 3‚ 2012 Is Fracking Safe Safe natural gas fracturing or “fracking” is on the rise and our country is benefiting from in on several levels. From meeting energy needs to creating jobs and helping the economy‚ natural gas is an invisible miracle. Many precautions are taken during the fracking process in order to ensure it is safe as possible. Natural gas is something I work around every day due
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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 bedrock to produce natural gas and oil. The process creates small cracks or fractures in rock formations
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deep Shale‚ which we have been unable to reach. This method‚ also known as Fracking‚ is also very small. It starts out with a drill rig and a holding tank for the first 3 months‚ but then once the well is dug‚ it looks like another oil drill‚ and will continue to draw oil from the ground for the next 20-30 years. Fracking involves the use of radioactive materials‚ explosives‚ and hazardous chemicals. I believe that‚ as Fracking becomes more popular‚ and less scrutinized‚ the watch over it will become
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forestry‚ and manufacturing. Many people know that the oil industry is hurting us but probably not in the way it is killing us. Fracking causes cancer‚ organ damage‚ and death. In order to get a typically fracked well these companies are required to use between 55 Thousand and 220 Thousand litres of chemicals. The Government and companies are tricking us into thinking that the fracking process is a natural occurring inconvenience‚ and in no
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upsetting to learn about the many environmental issues associated with mining of oil. I felt that more needed to be done to find replacement to oil fuels. I have always been against the practice of fracking and I felt it had too many negative implications. I was thoroughly disappointed by the U.S volume of fracking. I believed that this process isn’t natural and agreed with the authors (Botkin & Keller) that we need to understand the environment better first before undergoing such methods. The environmental
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University study published in 2011 examined methane in groundwater in Pennsylvania and New York states overlying the Marcellus Shale and the Utica Shale. It determined that groundwater tended to contain much higher concentrations of methane near fracking wells‚ with potential explosion hazard. They also found that the type of gas detected in the water was the same type of gas that was being extracted from the ground. (Clayton‚ 2011) FracFocus. (2012‚ June 20). Fracfocus.org. Retrieved from http://fracfocus
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