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Phrases with «hydraulic fracturing»

Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is a process of obtaining natural gas or oil trapped deep underground. It involves injecting a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals into the earth under high pressure to create cracks in rocks, allowing the gas or oil to flow out. Full definition

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Sentences with «hydraulic fracturing»

  • The current boom in natural gas production, based on hydraulic fracture, is fiercely opposed by many environmentalists. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
  • The downstate region, dominated by New York City, has been growing much faster than upstate (everything north of the metropolitan transportation district)-- and the slowest growing upstate metro areas are in Central New York and the Southern Tier, which would benefit most from the issuance of long - delayed state regulations allowing the use of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas production. (empirecenter.org)
  • The study distributes the predicted numbers of new well pads across the counties of Pennsylvania, which overlay the region of Marcellus Shale with ideal conditions for hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. (skytruth.org)
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