Browsing by Subject "Fracking"
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(2013-09-27)Previously unattainable shale gas deposits have become accessible since the late 1990s using a technique called hydraulic fracturing — the injection of chemicals, water, and sand into subsurface shale to free extractable ...
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According to the US Energy Information Administration, over 50% of the oil and natural gas produced in the US came from hydraulically fractured wells in 2015. While the economic and geopolitical benefits of this new industry ...
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(2022-04-13)It is widely recognized that hydraulic fracturing creates a region of altered permeability near the fracture/matrix interface. Although we have a limited understanding, it is believed this region plays an important role ...