hydraulic fracturing

Hydraulic fracturing is the fracturing of various rock layers by a pressurized liquid. Some hydraulic fractures form naturallyâcertain veins or dikes are examplesâand can create conduits along which gas and petroleum from source rocks may migrate to reservoir rocks. Induced hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracturing, commonly known as fracing, fraccing, or fracking, is a technique used to release petroleum, natural gas (including shale gas, tight gas, and coal seam gas), or other substances for extraction.[1] This type of fracturing creates fractures from a wellbore drilled into reservoir rock formations.

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Everything you wanted to know about shale gas drilling (but were afraid to ask)

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

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People ask me about shale gas all the time – I guess it goes with being a geologist. As much as this subject interests me and as much as I care about this (and I’m sure you do too), I kind of grows tiring to answer the same questions over and over again; so I [...]

hydraulic fracturing, oil exploration, shale gas

Shale gas isn’t a ‘clean bridge fuel’, study finds

Sat, Jan 21, 2012

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There has been a lot of fuss lately about shale gas, which has become increasingly important in the past decade, particularly due to hydraulic fracturing (or fracking), a modern technique used to extract it from the underground. Many have proposed natural shale gas as a supposedly clean bridge fuel, fit to address climate change and [...]

greenhouse emission, greenhouse gas, hydraulic fracking, hydraulic fracturing, methane, natural gas, oil industry

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