Will Fracking Suffocate Earth?! Student Name: Pang Jian Jie (JJ) Student Number: 21373411 Tutorial Day/Time: Friday/12-2pm Tutor’s Name: Luis Parra Avila Word Count: 967 Hydraulic fracturing‚ also commonly known as “fracking”‚ is a method often used nowadays to extract natural gas. The process starts when a steel pipe casing is inserted into the drilled well bore. Tiny holes are made in the pipe in order to let the fracturing fluid flow into the zones which contain oil or gas. Eventually‚
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are two ways to submit your document to OPPapers: * Upload Use this method if you’d like to upload a document from your computer. We support the following file types: doc‚ docx‚ pdf‚ wps‚ rtf‚ odt Copy & Paste Your PWhat is horizontal hydraulic fracturing? Horizontal hydrofracking is a means of tapping shale deposits containing natural gas that were previously inaccessible by conventional drilling. Vertical hydrofracking is used to extend the life of an existing well once its productivity
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Hydraulic Systems Examples of hydraulic systems Basic hydraulic system Basic fluid power symbols Basic fluid power ANSI/ISO symbols Basic fluid power symbols Hydraulic Pumps Pump characteristic Operating pressure Speeds Displacement volume (V) – volume of liquid per revolution Volumetric flow rate: Q = n × V where n : number of rotation (rpm) V : displacement volume (per rev) Pump Efficiency (Volumetric) To determine performance of pump Divided into two: Volumetric efficiency
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Fracturing of America Even though Hydraulic Fracturing is changing our dependence on fossil fuels‚ it could very well be changing our most precious resource‚ our water supplies. The average fracturing site uses an estimated 70 to 140 billion gallons of water to fracture 35‚000 wells in the United States annually. This is approximately the yearly water consumption of 40 to 80 cities each with a population of 50‚000. This water is infused with chemicals that seep back into our groundwater and contaminate
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glass of water‚ you go to the tap and instead of fresh clean water you get yellow‚ cloudy‚ oily water that smells of chemicals. Would you drink it? Those that live near natural gas hydro-fractured wells have had to ask themselves that question. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking‚ as it’s commonly called‚ is a process of extracting natural gas from deep within the earth’s surface by drilling. Once a well is drilled‚ millions of gallons of water‚ sand and chemicals are injected‚ under high pressure‚
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Hydraulic cone crusher is evolved from spring cone crusher. Nowadays‚ hydraulic cone crusher has replaced hammer crusher‚ roller crusher‚ roller ball mill‚ etc. and become the mainstream equipment in sand making business. Hydraulic cone crusher is a star product in Great Wall Heavy Industry‚ it adopts the German advanced technology and integration of bold innovation‚ using the principle of laminating crushing design which has special crushing cavity‚ and form a complete set of hydraulic lubrication
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“Hydraulic Fracturing or Fracking 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”(Dictionary). This type of mining is used to extract natural gas and oil by drilling a mile or more below the surface. Fracking has been “commercially used for 65 years”(Introduction)‚ supplying Americans energy. Hydraulic Fracturing has allowed for the increase in supplies of oil and natural gas. It is currently the best and
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Industrial Minerals Proppant Prospects for Bauxite Mike O’Driscoll Industrial Minerals Since 1967‚ from mine to market: global non-metallic minerals intelligence Proppant Prospects for Bauxite Mike O’Driscoll Outline 1. Proppants & hydraulic fracturing snapshot 2. Evolution of fracturing 3. Fracturing process 4. Proppant types 5. Ceramic proppants & raw material feedstock 6. Market demand trends 7. Summary & conclusions Proppant Prospects for Bauxite Mike O’Driscoll Bauxite &
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Gianpaolo Uribe Mrs. Holt English 2 Honors 13 November 2014 Hydraulic Fracking in the United States Throughout the great American novel economic growth has been successfully cultivated by a wave of innovation‚ fueled by technological revolution while aided by a functional economic agenda and a healthy financial sector. Inventions like the steam engine‚ cotton gin‚ telegraph‚ assembly line‚ and the internet. These have all led to incredible economic growth and have created and revolutionized entire
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Discussion on the Ethical Implications of Hydraulic Fracturing by: Sebastian Potes 7/16/13 ! Abstract As concern grows over the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing‚ implementing policy that protects people and their environment from these potential dangers becomes an essential piece of the renewable energy picture. Hydraulic fracturing‚ or fracking‚ is the technique of extracting oil and natural gas trapped under ground by injecting a mixture of water‚ sand‚ and chemicals into the
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