Still, environmentalists look to the U.S., where drilling with fracking is now a “megatrend” and where thousands of wells dot the landscape in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado. They worry about higher greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional natural gas—because of the energy used to get the gas—and water contamination.
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fracking — UK [ˈfrækɪŋ] / US or hydrofracking UK [ˈhaɪdrəʊfrækɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] a method of mining in which cracks are created in a type of rock called shale in order to obtain gas, oil, or other substances that are inside it Fracking was the… … English dictionary
fracking — /frakˈing/ (mining) noun The process of forcing liquid containing sand or other material into the strata round a well bottom to split them and prevent them closing … Useful english dictionary
Fracking — A slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracking refers to the procedure of creating fractures in rocks and rock formations by injecting fluid into cracks to force them further open. The larger fissures allow more oil and gas to flow out of the… … Investment dictionary
fracking — /ˈfrækɪŋ/ (say fraking) noun → hydraulic fracturing. Also, fracing, fraccing. {frac(ture) + k + ing1} …
Fracking — Fra|cking [ frækɪŋ], das; s <englisch> (Geologie das Aufspalten von Gestein mit Chemikalien und Wasserdruck) … Die deutsche Rechtschreibung
hydrofracking — fracking UK [ˈfrækɪŋ] / US or hydrofracking UK [ˈhaɪdrəʊfrækɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] a method of mining in which cracks are created in a type of rock called shale in order to obtain gas, oil, or other substances that are inside it Fracking was … English dictionary
Fracturation hydraulique — La « fracturation hydraulique » est la dislocation ciblée de formations géologiques peu perméables[1]’[2] par le moyen de l injection sous très haute pression d un fluide destiné à fissurer et micro fissurer la roche. Cette fracturation … Wikipédia en Français
Hydraulic Fracturing — Schiefergasbohrung im Pinedale Anticline Hydraulic Fracturing (engl.: to fracture = aufbrechen, aufreißen; auch „Fracking“[1], „Hydrofracking“, „Fraccing“[2], „Frac ing“ [3] oder „Frac Jobs“ genannt … Deutsch Wikipedia
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