on the Fracking Nation _____________________ SMGT 435 Research Paper Lorie LaPorta May 3‚ 2013 Political and Economic Thoughts on the Fracking Nation Introduction Hydraulic fracturing‚ or fracking‚ is a horizontal drilling method that extracts natural gas from Marcellus shale formations thousands of feet below the surface. A high pressure water mixtures is pushed into a well‚ and pressure applied so the shale cracks and
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Sean Bonacum Poe Engl. 1301 4 March 2014 The Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing Thousands of feet below the Earth’s surface‚ flows vast reservoirs of one of our planets most sought after commodities. In ancient Babylon there are writings of a dark elixir oozing from the lands surface‚ even then the people understood how precious this material was. Oil‚ along with Natural gas‚ are exceptionally rich sources of energy. A gallon of oil surpasses the output of five kg of coal‚ ten kg of wood‚ and over
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Hydraulic fracturing is a water-intensive industrial process that drillers use to collect the natural gas held in shale formations. Shale gas has become an increasingly important energy resource in the U.S. Fracking fluid contains water‚ salt‚ sand‚ and hazardous industrial chemicals. This fluid is injected at high pressure underground into geologic formations. The salty water‚ sand‚ and chemical mixture forces natural gas up through the well bore to the surface for collection through pipelines.
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Hydraulic fracturing is when a hole or "well" is drilled deep into the ground‚ in an effort to extract valuable natural gas reserves which exist beneath the surface. The process of constructing a hydraulic fracturing well includes drilling into the Earth--first vertically and then horizontally‚ then lining the well with a two-terminal tube with one terminal that is filled with water while the other pipes the recovered natural gases up above ground (Withgott & Laposata‚ 2014). In order to exhume the
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Donna Fr July 15‚ 2013 Hydraulic Fracturing- Safe or Not When visiting family in Pennsylvania a couple of years back‚ I heard a new term called “fracking.” The towns were all a buzz about this new way to tap into Pennsylvania’s newest resource‚ natural gas. What I noticed was‚ a beautiful picturesque countryside being torn up. I saw trucks hauling water and equipment‚ traveling up and down small country roads. Farms that had been in family’s for generations being sold off or leased to gas companies
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Ethics of Hydraulic Fracturing Final Persuasive Christian Childs 3025 December 13‚ 2011 Jona-Lee Luna Large gas companies have been wreaking havoc on Midwestern United States. These companies’ practices of hydraulic fracturing have been very detrimental to the local populace. Hydraulic fracturing has been known to damage the environment through earthquakes and gas spills. In addition‚ it has been said that these companies have certain law exemptions that only they enjoy. These unsafe
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Gasland‚ by Josh Fox‚ a Strong Argument against Hydraulic Fracturing Gasland‚ a documentary by Josh Fox‚ details the dangers of hydraulic fracturing. The film starts when Fox receives an offer from a gas company to rent his land and drill for natural gas. He travels across the United States investigating the affects in places where fracturing has is already established. Fox provides a strong argument that hydraulic fracturing is a danger to the environment and residents where the drilling occurs
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Danielle Myers12-1 Hydraulic fracturing(also known as fracking) is a highly controversial topic to those that keep up with current government issues. Although many people believe that fracking is malicious‚ it is potentially one of the greatest ideas for America‚ and could end our distress very quickly. The only negative responses to fracking are coming from relatively uninformed people. Fracking has both environmental and economic advantages. Many people are uninformed about fracking. Some
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In 1947‚ the Stanolind Oil Company in Kansas first introduced hydraulic fracturing‚ more commonly known today as “hydrofracking” or simply “fracking.” It is a process of obtaining natural gas from a mixture of large amounts of water and small amounts of sand and chemicals that are pumped into a drilled gas well under very high pressure. According to the Institute of Energy and Environmental Research‚ fracturing methods and its materials may vary from well to well‚ but each well is usually fractured
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What is fracking? Fracking‚ formally known as Hydraulic Fracturing‚ is the process of drilling straight down into the earth‚ then drilling horizontally to create cracks in the ground. A combination of water‚ sand‚ and added chemicals are pumped at a high pressure to expand and hold the cracks open to extract the gas. It is a technique that has been used in the United States for over 60 years‚ and many more to come (Bierstedt 641). The thing many people are concerned about is fracking’s effect on
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