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Why do companies use fracking?
Fracking is a comparatively cheap method for obtaining oil and natural gas.
What is fracking used for?
Fracking is a way of obtaining gas from rocks underground
What is lancashire fracking?
the fracking of gas, pumping water and chemicals underground to release natural gas. Gas obtained through gas fracking is known as unconventional gas. A lot of controversy surrounds the topic, which has been known to have several ecological impacts, such as the possible contamination of groundwater and even miniature earthquakes (such as occured in Blackpool).
What can tap trapped gas in the salt layers?
Fracking.
How will natural gas be harnessed in the Marcellus Shale?
fracking
What are the release dates for Dan Rather Reports - 2006 Fracking Gas?
Dan Rather Reports - 2006 Fracking Gas was released on: USA: 13 April 2010
What is a mining technique that is used to access reserves of natural gas?
fracking
Which of these is a disadvantage of using natural gas?
Extraction through fracking can contaminate groundwater
When was Southwest Gas created?
Southwest Gas was created in 1931.
What are the positives of fracking?
Well simply it is a new source of oil/gas, that we have plenty of. It will mean that when we run out of oil from traps (the current way to get oil) we will have enough oil and gas to last us another 50 or more years (this is an estimate and to be truthful we still have know idea how much oil is available from fracking). Fracking will open up a load of new jobs. However this will just replace the old jobs of conventional oil/gas extraction. At first fracking will make oil and gas cheaper in the market. This is because if there is more oil there is less demand for it so prices go down. However when oil from fracking runs out, then we will be back at the same step as we are now. Fracking is not as bad as people make it out to be - if it is monitored and regulated. The only problem is who is going to do that, because at the moment it is done by the fracking companies. Do we know if they are telling the truth? For them profit is more important than the environment. However in my opinion I am still against fracking. And it is not water pollution and earthquakes that bother me but the environmental horizon if we choose to take the path of fracking (continuing to do fracking in America or starting to frack in the UK). The oil and gas from fracking is the same as it is from conventional oil extraction methods. I believe that fracking will become another excuse to look away from turning to eco-friendly energy sources. Fracking may become another short term cop-out for the government's energy crisis but in the long term it is just destroying the environment with global warming. Sorry if the last question was off topic but I wanted to give another view to the truth of fracking.
How will natural gas be harnessed?
Drilling companies drill vertically down to the desired distance, and drill horizontally into the shale. They then use hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to loosen up the rock enough to get the gas out.
What is Fracking?
Fracking is a new method for extracting natural gas from shale rocks. Wells are drilled down to these and then heavy mud injected to hydraulically fracture the shale rocks. The fractures release the gas trapped in the rocks which is then extracted at thew well head.
