Fracking is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside. A well is dug a mile or two into the ground and lined with cement. Each gas well requires an average of 400 tanker trucks to carry water and supplies to and from the site. (2) Each fracking job can take anywhere from one to eight million gallons of water. The water is mixed with sand and chemicals to create fracking fluid. About 40‚000 gallons
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Dear editor of the local paper‚ As the mayor of the town‚ I find fracking to be a beneficial factor to us. Even though fracking isn’t a completely safe way to obtain natural gas‚ I believe the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Because our town is small‚ it is important to come up with ways to make our community expand and develop. By fracking‚ we’ll be able to create more jobs and increase the employment rates. Research had shown that in Watford City in Western North Dakota the employment
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Fracking Predict: How might fracking economically impact the country in the near and far future? In the near future the increased need for natural gases will have provided lots of jobs and will have opened up work for many people. The USA is now getting the natural gas we need from our country. Between 2007 and 2011 the amount of natural gas imports could be decreased by 25%. In the far future‚ natural gas prices will have dropped because of the now increasing supply. Also it was stated in the
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Stop Fracking With the rising global energy demand‚ shale gas has been considered as the next big thing for energy producers. Fracking is a technology use to extract that natural gas stored deep underground. Although fracking can collect plenty of natural gases‚ it has left a number of very serious impacts both on the environment and human health. Air pollution‚ water contamination and threaten human health are the consequences caused by fracking. Air pollution problem is so obvious for the communities
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the advantages and disadvantages of fracking. For example: The resources that can be discovered by the use of fracking‚ but also the danger that it can have on a water supply. The purpose is to allow people to be as informed as possible if ever fronted with the decision of fracking Point of view: My point of view is that everyone should be informed going into this decision and that all positives and negatives should be weighed into making a decision about fracking. I don’t have a personal point of
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Fracking Hydraulic fracturing‚ also known as fracking‚ is the process of removing once unattainable natural gas from shale formation deep underground. The fracking process was developed by Halliburton in the 1940s as a technique to stimulate gas well production. Vertical holes are drilled deep into the subsurface of the ground‚ and horizontal extensions are drilled at the bottom of the well at an average depth of 8000 feet. Once the holes are drilled‚ water is mixed with chemicals and
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Fracking is short for hydraulic fracturing and is one of the most effective ways of extracting natural gas from the earth. It yeilds 300‚000 barrels of natural gas a day‚ but at the price of numerous environmental‚ safety‚ and health hazards. . It’s an extremely water-intensive process where millions of gallons of fluid – typically a mix of water‚ sand‚ and chemicals‚ including ones known to cause cancer‚ are injected underground at high pressure to fracture the rock surrounding an oil or gas well
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Hydraulic Fracturing “Fracking” a. Fracking History i. Who/How was hydraulic fracturing developed? 1. Why? ii. Different uses for Fracking 1. Oil Field 2. Natural Gas b. Fundamentals of Fracking i. What is fracking? 1. Detailed Information: How it works. ii. Efficiency iii. Necessity 1. Purpose
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Hydraulic fracturing‚ or fracking‚ is defined as “the process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks‚ boreholes‚ etc.‚ so as to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas.” It consists of a well that is drilled miles deep that contains chemicals‚ additives‚ and sand‚ but mostly just large amounts of plain water. Once the rock is cracked from the pressure of the fluids‚ the natural gas comes back up the well‚ with millions of gallons of contaminants and chemicals.
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The Cons of Fracking There is a new environmental concern on the horizon and it is something we need to pay attention to. Namely‚ hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking. Energy companies use hydrofracking to extract natural gas from the ground. For those that are not familiar with hydrofracking‚ a brief explanation is necessary. Hydraulic fracturing is a feat of engineering that allows us to extract natural gas from the deep layer of rock it is trapped in (Mooney‚ C. 2011). So is hydrofracking
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