Barnett Shale Energy Education Council
BY SETH BORENSTEIN AND JONATHAN FAHEY
The Associated Press
Fracking, fracing or frac'ing, are all shorthand terms for hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing is a procedure that creates small fissures in the layers of rock that contains natural gas and oil. The fracking process consists of pumping water, sand and other additives under high pressure into natural gas and oil bearing rock formations more than a mile and a half below the surface. The fracking process allows natural gas or oil to flow into the wellbore.
Read MoreThe makers of the film “Haynesville: A Nation’s Hunt for an Energy Future” were in Dallas on April 28 at SMU for a screening of their recently updated and extended version.
Read MoreA registry for chemicals used in extracting natural gas through hydraulic fracturing was launched on April 10, 2011.
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