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Fracking topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Applications and Economy as prominent areas in the source structure around Fracking.

Related topics: 273
Source areas: 13
Connected nodes: 290
Extracted relationships: 189
Concept neighborhoods: 71
Bridge connections: 290

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Process · 63 topics

History · 50 topics

Overview · 49 topics

Hydraulic fracking · 28 topics

Public debate · 19 topics

Health risks · 18 topics

Environmental impacts · 13 topics

Geology · 9 topics

Uses · 7 topics

Regulations · 6 topics

Economic effects · 5 topics

Definition · 3 topics

Environmental justice · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

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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Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Uses

Limestones Limestone
Dolomite Dolomite (rock)
Unconventional reservoirs Unconventional (oil and gas) reservoir
Mining
Enhanced geothermal systems Enhanced geothermal system
Geologic sequestration of CO2 Carbon sequestration
Pumped storage hydroelectricity Pumped-storage hydroelectricity

Economic effects

International Energy Agency
Brookings Institution
Levelized cost of electricity
Energy Information Administration
Department of Energy United States Department of Energy

Public debate

Josh Fox
2010 Academy Award 83rd Academy Awards
Gasland
Energy in Depth Fossil fuels lobby
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Colorado Department of Natural Resources
ExxonMobil
Chevron Corporation
ConocoPhillips
Promised Land Promised Land (2012 film)
Matt Damon
Twitter X (social network)
Facebook
Northern Irish Northern Ireland
Phelim McAleer
FrackNation
Mark Cuban
AXS TV
Fractured Land
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

Health risks

Public health
Directorate-General for the Environment
Public Health England
The American Economic Review American Economic Review
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Nature Energy
U.S. Department of Labor United States Department of Labor
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pulmonary diseases Respiratory disease
Lung cancer
Silicosis
Silica dust
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Radon
Thorium
Uranium
Leukemia
Lymphoma

Environmental justice

North Jackson North Jackson, Ohio
Classic Journal The Classical Journal
Indian Self- Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975

Environmental impacts

Water pollution
Greenhouse gas emissions
Abandoned wells
Produced water
Underground injection Injection well
Municipal Sewage treatment
Commercial Industrial wastewater treatment
Wastewater treatment
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances PFAS
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Drill pad Drill floor
Ecosystem services Ecosystem service
Dallas-Fort Worth Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

Regulations

Precautionary principle
Constitutional Council Constitutional Council (France)
South Africa
Wetland areas Wetland
Safe Drinking Water Act
Diesel fuel

Notes and references

Public domain material Copyright status of works by the federal government of the United States

Sources

ISBN ISBN (identifier)

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Fracking connects Entity context

The extracted context around Fracking shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, 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 Another extracted example is 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. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Top relations

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

Important terminology

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Important terminology

fracturing hydraulic gas well water used wells oil pressure fluid shale states drilling natural united needed fractures formation health rock

Fracking relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 189 structured relationships around Fracking. Examples in this analysis include Fracking → Industrial sector(s) → Mining and Fracking → Inventor → Floyd Farris, Joseph B. Clark (Stanolind Oil and Gas Corporation). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Fracking	Industrial sector(s)	Mining	1.00	infobox
Fracking	Inventor	Floyd Farris, Joseph B. Clark (Stanolind Oil and Gas Corporation)	1.00	infobox
Fracking	Main technologies or sub-processes	Fluid pressure	1.00	infobox
Fracking	Process type	Mechanical	1.00	infobox
Fracking	Product(s)	Natural gas, petroleum	1.00	infobox
Fracking	Year of invention	1947	1.00	infobox
Fracking	is a	most commonly used well stimulation technique	0.90	text
pregnancy	instance of	and psychosocial hazards	0.80	text
birth outcomes	instance of	and psychosocial hazards	0.80	text
migraine headaches	instance of	and psychosocial hazards	0.80	text
chronic rhinosinusitis	instance of	and psychosocial hazards	0.80	text
severe fatigue	instance of	and psychosocial hazards	0.80	text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Fracking bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Oil, Gas and Water. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

Fracking
- Oil
- Gas
- Water
- Many
- United
- Hydraulic
- States
- Wells
- Health
- Public
- Contamination
- Environmental
fracking
- Oil
- Gas
- Water
- Many
- United
- Hydraulic
- States
- Wells
- Health
- Public
- Contamination
- Environmental
wellbore
- Process
- Fluid
- Fractures
- Natural
- Sand
- Rock
- Needed
- Pressure
- Increase
- Many
- Fluids
- Gas
natural gas
- Oil
- Gas
- Natural
- Hydraulic
- Shale
- Wells
- United
- States
- Well
- Energy
- Pressure
- Water
hydraulic pressure
- Gas
- Fracture
- Well
- United
- Oil
- States
- Used
- Rock
- Formation
- Sand
- Shale
- Health
pore water pressure
- Fracture
- Wells
- Well
- Contamination
- Groundwater
- Rock
- Oil
- Formation
- Fluids
- Environmental
- Sand
- Health
balcombe drilling protest
- Rock
- Earthquakes
- Texas
- United
- Environmental
- May
- Oil
- States
- Wells
- Fracking
- Chemicals
- Many
the major oil and gas companies
- Oil
- Natural
- Hydraulic
- Shale
- Wells
- United
- States
- Well
- Energy
- Water
- Rock
- Used

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Fracking, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Fracking with Process. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Fracking — Process · splits 227 ⟂ 64

Fracking — History · splits 240 ⟂ 51

Fracking — Overview · splits 241 ⟂ 50

Fracking — Hydraulic fracking · splits 262 ⟂ 29

Fracking — Public debate · splits 271 ⟂ 20

Fracking — Health risks · splits 272 ⟂ 19

Fracking — Environmental impacts · splits 277 ⟂ 14

Fracking — Geology · splits 281 ⟂ 10

Fracking — Uses · splits 283 ⟂ 8

Fracking — Regulations · splits 284 ⟂ 7

Fracking — Economic effects · splits 285 ⟂ 6

Fracking — Definition · splits 287 ⟂ 4

Fracking — Environmental justice · splits 287 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Fracking

Nodes291

Edges290

Triples189

Avg. degree1.99

Density0.006873

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Fracking to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Applications & Economy, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Fracking · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout