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Fracking

Fracking (also known as hydraulic fracturing, fracing, hydrofracturing, or hydrofracking) is a well stimulation technique involving the fracturing of formations in bedrock by a pressurized liquid. The process involves the high-pressure injection of "fracking fluid" (primarily water, containing sand or other proppants suspended with the aid of thickening a…

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Industrial sector(s)
Mining
Inventor
Floyd Farris, Joseph B. Clark (Stanolind Oil and Gas Corporation)
Main technologies or sub-processes
Fluid pressure
Process type
Mechanical
Product(s)
Natural gas, petroleum
Year of invention
1947

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Hydraulic fracking

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Fracking

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Fracking

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related to Oil and gas wells · 24
Fracking → Archer County, Arkansas River, Clark, Company, Floyd Farris, For, Gas Corporation, Grant County, Halliburton, Halliburton Oil Well Cementing, Hugoton, In, Kansas, March, Oklahoma, On, Since, Stanolind, Stanolind Oil, Stephens County
related to Environmental justice · 19
Fracking → According, And, Appalachian, Cadle, However, Many, Mel Cadle, North Jackson, Ohio, Ohio River Valley Institute, One, Pennsylvania, Sean O'Leary, Since, There, This, Though, United States, West Virginia
related to Precursors · 19
Fracking → April, Col, Due, Dynamite, Edward, It, Kentucky, Later, Lightning Torpedo Company, New York, Oklahoma, On, Pennsylvania, Roberts, Rome, Stimulation, Texas, US Civil War, West Virginia
related to Induced seismic activity · 17
Fracking → After, Behind, California, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Geologists, Hydraulic, May, October, Oklahoma, Prior, SGS, Texas, The, United States, United States Geological Survey, USGS
related to Water use and contamination · 14
Fracking → Agency, Drinking Water Resources, EPA, Final Report, Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydraulic Fracturing Water Cycle, Impacts, In December, Oil, The EPA, United States, United States Environmental Protection, Water
related to Hydraulic fracking · 10
Fracking → As, Drilling, Hydraulic, Increased, It, Some, Such, The, United States, When
related to Definition · 8
Fracking → Acidising, Adriana Zalucka, Hydraulic, In, The, They, UK, United Kingdom
related to Uses · 8
Fracking → At, Fractures, Hydraulic, Permeability, Reservoirs, So-called, The, Thus
see also · 7
Fracking → Directional, Earth, HydrofrackingNuclear, Muerta, United KingdomIn, United StatesFracking, York
related to External links · 6
Fracking → April, Health, Hydraulic Fracturing Litigation Summary, National Institute, Occupational Safety, Science

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FrackingIndustrial sector(s)Mining1.00infobox
FrackingInventorFloyd Farris, Joseph B. Clark (Stanolind Oil and Gas Corporation)1.00infobox
FrackingMain technologies or sub-processesFluid pressure1.00infobox
FrackingProcess typeMechanical1.00infobox
FrackingProduct(s)Natural gas, petroleum1.00infobox
FrackingYear of invention19471.00infobox
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