-- Hydraluic Fracturing Hydraulic fracturing‚ which is also known as fracking‚ is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to relase the natural gas inside. Many believe that fracking should be banned due to the cancerous chemicals that are injected into the shale rocks‚ which contaminates the water that we drink and runs into our homes. In the U.S.‚ there are more than 500‚000 active natural gas wells. Each of these wells
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would relate to the topic of Hydraulic Fracturing. What is Hydraulic Fracturing you may say? According to Propublica.org‚ Hydraulic Fracturing is the process used in 9 out of 10 natural gas wells in the United States‚ Where millions of water‚ sand and chemicals are pumped underground to break apart the rock and release the gas. The main purpose for Hydraulic Fracturing is due to its inexpensive extraction. Over the past decade‚ the combination of Hydraulic Fracturing and horizontal drilling has opened
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Introduction: Hydraulic fracturing is the process in which a mixture of chemicals and water are used in combination to stimulate wells and expose minerals that previously would have been much too expensive to access using tradition methods. With the process comes some detrimental environmental consequences‚ like water contamination‚ due to the chemicals used in the liquid mixture. According to an Earthworks article‚ only 0.5 to 2.0% of the “frack fluid” volume content is made up of chemicals‚ which
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can be harmed by a source called Hydraulic Fracturing. Hydraulic Fracturing contains hazardous chemicals‚ into the ground along with water and sand at high pressures. It can have a different amount of pros and cons that can help us understand more of what it does and how does it affect us. Hydraulic Fracturing can cause a lot of damage and that is why I think that I am against for hydraulic fracturing. I am against hydraulic fracturing because hydraulic fracturing can cause damages‚ problems‚ or
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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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Course Project Week 2 ReyDel Veenstra Hydraulic Fracturing What is Hydraulic Fracturing: Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” is a well stimulation process used to maximize the extraction of underground resources including oil and natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing involves the pressurized injection of a mixture of water‚ chemicals‚ and sand in underground formations to allow natural gas and oil to flow more freely from rock pores to the surface. (Watershed Council p.1) A modification of this
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RISK OF EARTHQUAKES FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN THE UK – KEY STAKEHOLDERS PERCERPTION 1.0 Background On the 1st April 2011‚ a magnitude 2.3M earthquake was recorded near the town of Blackpool‚ UK and this was followed on the 27th May 2011 by a second seismic occurrence of measuring 1.5 on Richter scale. These two events occurred close to Preese Hall drilling site‚ where Caudrilla Resources was extracting gas from a shale deposit using a new method called Hydraulic Fracturing‚ often referred to as
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consumed‚ it is imperative that the cleanliness of the water be sustained by all humans. Water pollution was such a growing issue in the US that the government established the Clean Water Act in 1948‚ and then revised in 1977. The Clean Water Act made it illegal for anyone to “discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters‚ unless a permit was obtained” (Environmental Protection Agency‚ 2/12). Under the original Clean Water Act in 1948‚ no dumping was allowed by anyone in order to protect
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Hydraulic fracturing is one of the most common methods of extracting natural gas from the earth. Many companies‚ such as Exxon Mobil‚ claim that it is safe and that there are no negative impacts because of hydraulic fracturing. However‚ many scientists and environmentalists think otherwise. There is scientific proof that hydraulic fracturing contaminates drinking water‚ produces wastewater that contains toxins and radiation‚ and‚ in rare cases‚ causes earthquakes. It is clear that Hydraulic fracturing
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Hydraulic Fracturing Over the past few decades‚ the United States has become heavily reliant on using nonrenewable resources. The excessive uses of these resources‚ such as coal‚ are extremely harmful to the environment and can be considered responsible for global climate change and the destruction of a once healthy atmosphere. Some companies have claimed to find a “clean” source of energy called natural gas‚ found deep within the Earth’s crust. Commercials created by these companies state that
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