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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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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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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Fracking is an oil well process that requires someone to inject water under high pressure into a bedrock formation. It has a few different names like hydrofracking‚ hydrofracturing and hydraulic fracturing. It is used to increase oil flow to a well from petroleum-bearing rock formations that is seeing increasing use across the country. Oil was originally refined for lubrication‚ heating and lighting products. Automobiles did not exist yet so the by product calledgasoline was dumpedinto lakes‚ rivers
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What Is Fracking and Why Is It Controversial? Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Hydraulic fracturing is the most popular method of exploitation of gas and oil from shale formations. After discovering hydraulic fracturing it has become possible at all production of hydrocarbons from unconventional deposits. Despite the many advantages of hydraulic fracturing raises a
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with Approximately 40‚000 gallons and up to 600 different toxic chemicals including known carcinogens‚ volatile organic compounds (VOCs)‚ hydrochloric acid‚ carbon sulfide‚ petroleum distillates‚ mercury‚ and other toxic metals‚ are used within each fracking. This adds up to 72 trillion gallons of water and 360 billion gallons of chemicals. There have been over 1‚000 documented complaints of water contamination neighboring areas of gas drilling‚ as well as occurrences of respiratory‚ and neurological
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HN English 11 1 May 2013 It’s a Fracking Problem Fracking is increasing in the U.S.‚ but with this increase of natural gas comes an increase of safety concerns. The process of hydraulic fracking requires chemicals that can affect the families that live nearby. These chemicals also affect the environment on the land and in the air. With fracking there comes its positives and its negatives‚ some good and some bad. There are very few regulations on how fracking can be done‚ but in the regulations
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devastating side effects of fracking (hydraulic fracturing). Fracking has been implemented at the Fayetteville Shale‚ which stretches across Arkansas‚ to access natural gas buried deep below the surface of the earth. Fracking enthusiasts tout the economic benefits of this method of tapping our natural resources and are quick to dispute any argument from environmentalists. However‚ a close examination of the facts proves that Arkansans stands to lose more than they will gain from fracking. Hydraulic fracturing
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