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- noun geology
Rock fracture caused by thepressure offreezing water .
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Tapping it requires using a process called hydrofracture, injecting a pressurized cocktail of water, sand, and chemicals into the rock.
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Tapping it requires using a process called hydrofracture, injecting a pressurized cocktail of water, sand, and chemicals into the rock.
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But as natural gas grows more popular as a bridge fuel, communities and legislators are discovering more dangerous environmental impacts from the hydrofracture drilling process that companies use to extract the gas from shale deposits.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: How Reid's Energy Bill Undermines Senate Climate Efforts 2010
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Thanks for an excellent explanation of the hydrofracture process as a geologist, it made me smile and even more importantly, the potential hurdles the US will face in moving towards energy independence.
Energy 101: Hydraulic Fracturing - Vladimir’s blog - RedState 2010
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Neither the pamphlet nor the landman mentioned hydrofracture drilling or the Marcellus Shale, buzzwords that might have raised landowners 'eyebrows.
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Neither the pamphlet nor the landman mentioned hydrofracture drilling or the Marcellus Shale, buzzwords that might have raised landowners 'eyebrows.
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But hydrofracture drilling, or hydrofracking, which involves using water and chemicals to open cracks in gas-rich shale formations, solved natural gas 'supply problem.
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But hydrofracture drilling, or hydrofracking, which involves using water and chemicals to open cracks in gas-rich shale formations, solved natural gas 'supply problem.
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