Sentences with phrase «by the hydraulic fracturing process»

The study, to be published in Water Resources Research on October 20, demonstrates that fractures in surrounding rock produced by the hydraulic fracturing process are able to connect to preexisting, abandoned oil and gas wells, common in fracking areas, which can provide a pathway to the surface for methane.

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Others were upset by the ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, because they believe the gas drilling process would boost that region's struggling economy.
A new study on managing wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing finds the biggest risk of contamination to drinking water supplies occurs during the disposal process.
Lead by 17 - year - old senior, Anna Wysocki, who served as spokesperson for the student panel cited the governors endorsement of the ban on hydraulic fracturing in New York State because of the danger the drilling process posed to the safety of drinking water.
By experimenting with hydraulic fracturing through extremely dense shale — a process now known as fracking — the wildcatters started a revolution.
Oil and gas companies developing fields in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and North Dakota rely on a process called hydraulic fracturing, which produces natural gas by blasting water and chemicals into energy - rich rock formations deep underground.
New research published in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal addresses the issue of unwanted seismic events by proposing a numerical modeling process to evaluate the effects of hydraulic fracturing prior to drilling.
«By using this process, the hydraulic fracturing industry will be able to infer how potential fluid injection operations can change the movement of the fault systems,» says the lead author of the study Jeoung Seok Yoon, Helmholtz - Centre Potsdam — GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.
Fracking — or hydraulic fracturing — is a process in which rocks are deliberately fractured to release oil or gas by injecting highly pressurised fluid into a borehole.
Natural gas is extracted from shale plays by a process called hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as «fracking.»
These companies are benefiting from the huge investments needed to explore, produce, process and transport oil and gas unlocked from previously inaccessible dense rock formations through advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, according to the findings by Houston - based energy analyst firm IHS.
Yes, one can profit in the short term off these industries, or get in on the latest environmental insanity caused by hydraulic fracturing, but this process of extracting financial gain from environmentally stupid business practices must end, especially if one claims to invest in a sustainable or responsible manner.
Hydraulic fracturing is a process for extracting natural gas and oil by injecting water and chemicals deep underground.
The method combines a new form of horizontal drilling with hydraulic fracturing — more commonly known as fracking GThe process blasts open fissures in underground shale - rock formations by injecting a high pressure combination of fluids, chemicals and proppants causing the fossil fuel to flow to the production well.
The fracture network created by the process of hydraulic fracturing facilitates the recovery of oil and natural gas.
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