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Public Parks Usage Near Hydraulic Fracturing Operations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Following the advent of hydraulic fracturing to effectively collect natural gas and oil, there has been growing interest in placing exploration and extraction wells in or adjacent to public park and forest systems across North America and Europe.
Bunds, Kyle   +3 more
core   +1 more source

“That’s Where Our Income Comes From”: Women’s Perceptions of Links Between Reproductive Struggles and Hydraulic Fracturing

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology, 2021
Reproductive hardship is highly stigmatized, which leads to such struggles being relegated to the private sphere. At the same time, numerous studies show links between toxic chemicals and reproductive hardship including miscarriage, infertility, and ...
Mollie K. Murphy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fracturing Debate? A Review of Research on Media Coverage of “Fracking”

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2018
Hydraulic fracturing is an energy extraction process that is increasingly attracting controversy. This article seeks to outline how the media report hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”), and to explore its place within the reporting of energy concerns ...
Julian Matthews, Anders Hansen
doaj   +1 more source

Progress on the hydraulic measures for grid slotting and fracking to enhance coal seam permeability

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 2017
A method of hydraulic grid slotting and hydraulic fracturing was proposed to enhance the permeability of low permeability coal seam in China. Micro-structural development and strength characteristics of coal were analysed to set up the failure criterion ...
Yiyu Lu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enzyme biotechnology development for treating polymers in hydraulic fracturing operations

open access: yesMicrobial Biotechnology, 2021
Summary Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is a polymer used in many different industrial sectors. In the oil and gas industry, CMC is often used during hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations as a thickening agent for effective proppant delivery ...
Gabrielle Scheffer   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation and Economics of Shale Gas Reserves in the Flysch-Eocene Formation of the Jaca Basin

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
The new international outlook for the gas sector suggests evaluating exploitable reserves in previously unconsidered areas including hydraulic fracturing technology.
Laura M. Valle-Falcones   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

State liability for environmental damage caused by hydraulic fracturing of unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs (fracking) in Colombia

open access: yes, 2021
En la presente investigación se aborda un análisis sobre la responsabilidad estatal por daño ambiental que pudiera llegar a tener el estado Colombiano a raíz de la implementación de la técnica de fracturación hidráulica para la extracción de ...
Fuentes Suescún, Karla Yadira
core   +1 more source

Anti-fracking mobilisation and  the  “ordinance movement” in  Argentina

open access: yesRevue Internationale des Études du Développement, 2023
This paper presents a sociological and legal analysis of a mode of action – municipal regulations promulgation – within a legal repertoire of action employed by opponents to Vaca Muerta’s unconventional hydrocarbon formation exploitation using the ...
Tobias Etienne-Greenwood   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stone stability in breakwater toes based on local hydraulic conditions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This study investigates the stability of rocks in breakwater toes. Previous studies have coupled the toe stability directly to the wave height, which is not physically accurate.
Peters, R.B.M. (Ruben)   +1 more
core   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Guide to Different Fracturing Technologies: A Review

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
Hydraulic fracturing has made the production of gas more economical. Shale gas possesses the potential to arise as a main natural gas source worldwide. It has been assessed that the top 42 countries, including the U.S., are predicted to own 7299 trillion
M. S. Liew   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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