hydraulic fracturing
noun
: fracking
The gas-fired plants come courtesy of the revolution in hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), which has delivered a vast supply of low-cost natural gas to an electricity market that has struggled with steadily rising coal prices since 2001.—
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Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a method that injects water, sand and chemicals into the ground to create new fractures in rocks and extract natural gas, oil and brine.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
The economic sluggishness initially continued, but the impact of hydraulic fracturing began to be felt in President Obama’s first year in office.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
West has suggested the country nationalize the fossil fuel industry, declare a climate emergency, impose a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas and pause lease sales for drilling on federal lands and water.
—Dipka Bhambhani, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
The staggering growth of domestic supply spurred on by the advent of hydraulic fracturing over the last 15 years has turned the United States from a net importer into the world’s largest LNG exporter.
—Charles K. Ebinger, National Review, 19 Feb. 2024
The oil is extracted using hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, typically in combination with horizontal drilling.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Before the advent of hydraulic fracturing caused the latest oil boom here—horizontal drilling has turned the Permian Basin, which stretches from New Mexico into Texas, into the nation's largest oil reserve—this region was a potash-mining community.
—Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
But Tory governments failed to deploy new hydraulic fracturing technology in areas that have untapped gas, while investment in North Sea oil and gas fields has languished under green hostility.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
When horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing methods were developed in the 2000s, Mr. Stephens began targeting the Spraberry layer deep in the Permian Basin, which is thick with oil but had been uneconomic to drill before new technologies emerged.
—Gregory Zuckerman, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
The economic sluggishness initially continued, but the impact of hydraulic fracturing began to be felt in President Obama’s first year in office.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
West has suggested the country nationalize the fossil fuel industry, declare a climate emergency, impose a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas and pause lease sales for drilling on federal lands and water.
—Dipka Bhambhani, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
The staggering growth of domestic supply spurred on by the advent of hydraulic fracturing over the last 15 years has turned the United States from a net importer into the world’s largest LNG exporter.
—Charles K. Ebinger, National Review, 19 Feb. 2024
The oil is extracted using hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, typically in combination with horizontal drilling.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Before the advent of hydraulic fracturing caused the latest oil boom here—horizontal drilling has turned the Permian Basin, which stretches from New Mexico into Texas, into the nation's largest oil reserve—this region was a potash-mining community.
—Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
But Tory governments failed to deploy new hydraulic fracturing technology in areas that have untapped gas, while investment in North Sea oil and gas fields has languished under green hostility.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
When horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing methods were developed in the 2000s, Mr. Stephens began targeting the Spraberry layer deep in the Permian Basin, which is thick with oil but had been uneconomic to drill before new technologies emerged.
—Gregory Zuckerman, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
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