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  • noun Alternative spelling of fracking.

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Examples

  • The practice -- more often known as fracing -- pumps millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals into wells at a high pressure.

    Diana DeGette And Jared Polis's Bill To Regulate Fracking Looks Less Likely To Pass The Durango Herald 2010

  • So what they do is they do this thing called fracing which many of us have read about in paper, where they crack the rock with explosives.

    unknown title 2011

  • "But if the storage process required to do the fracing is the source of the contamination ... it's kind of a word game."

    The Clog 2010

  • The federal agency said Thursday that the data is key to its study of the health impact of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracing, which forces millions of gallons deep underground to release natural gas from shale formations.

    Durangoherald.com 2010

  • "But if the storage process required to do the fracing is the source of the contamination ... it's kind of a word game."

    The Clog 2010

  • Part of the success of those ventures is due to "fracing," a method of fracturing rock to get the gas inside moving.

    Exxon Deal Puts Obscure 2008

  • "fracking," "fraccing" or "fracing" - is a process in which fluid is injected into a well at very high pressures in order to either widen and deepen existing cracks or create new fractures in the tight formation.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • "fracking," "fraccing" or "fracing" - is a process in which fluid is injected into a well at very high pressures in order to either widen and deepen existing cracks or create new fractures in the tight formation.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • Wilt, has caught heat for his ties to the oil and gas industry and a controversial natural gas drilling process called "fracing", which he has kept under wraps until recently.

    Virginia Young Democrats 2010

  • A book, "Stupid to the Last Drop" by William Marsden about the ongoing environmental catastrophe brought about by mining of Alberta tar sands, also discusses the associated pollution in Alberta and Saskatchewan by "fracing" (pronounced "fracking") of coal bed seams for coal bed methane.

    The Seminal :: Independent Media And Politics 2010

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