The Cost of Fracking Rough Draft There are a lot of things in the world that have consequences. Some are worse than others. Some things are ignored because the pros outweigh the cons. Fracking is a prime example of something that is important, but costly. It is a very controversial subject, and with any controversy, there are people who take sides. Fracking is used to extract oil from deep within the ground that could not previously be reached, but has a negative impact on nearby wells, the
energy. “Hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, injects a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals under high pressure into dense rock formations- shale, tight sandstone or coal beds- to crack the rock and release natural gas”(Hydraulic Fracturing Should Be Banned). The area in which hydraulic fracturing takes place is called a play. Hydraulic fracturing is a highly controversial subject with many points arguing both for, and against, it. Currently, fracking is legal in the United States and Canada;
Fracking is a pressurized, chemically treated mixture of water and sand to release and extract natural gas and petroleum from shale rock. In the United States it has resulted in large profit for the energy industry and lower domestic energy prices. The benefits are good but the impact it has made on the environment near fracturing sites has been negative. Environmentalist want the technique of fracking banned. The technique should be banned because it plays a part in global warming, affects our water
Fracking is a process that injects liquid at a high pressure within the earth in order to tap into vast reserves of natural gas in shale layers. This technological process began in the late 1940’s under the Truman administration and has grown in prominence as the years have passed - especially in the western United States where it is more sparsely populated. In the early 1990’s an updated fracking process (horizontal drilling) was engineered to allow energy corporations to frack closer to the deposits
Fracking refers to the procedure of creating fractures in rocks and rock formations by injecting fluid into cracks to force them further open. Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. The operation starts out by drilling vertically into the ground to a desired depth. It then turns ninety degrees and continues horizontally several thousand feet into shale, believed to contain trapped natural gas. A mixture of water, sand, and various chemicals, is pumped at high pressure into the well, which