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Landscape Analysis: Fracking Technology
, 2018 Hydraulic fracturing of oil- and gas-bearing rocks, also known as fracking, is an established technology. Hydraulic fracturing was first started experimentally in 1947 in the Hugoton oil field in Kansas [1].
Rafaa Khalifa +8 more
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Regulation Requires Records: Access to Fracking Information in the Marcellus/Utica Shale Formations
KULA, 2018 In the world of environmental regulation, records are the foundation on which all further regulatory action takes place. From permits that give industry permission to pollute in the name of economic activity, to annual production reports documenting how ...
Eira Tansey
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Cradle to grave GHG emissions analysis of shale gas hydraulic fracking in Western Australia
Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 2017 Western Australia has globally significant onshore gas resources, with over 280 trillion cubic feet of economically recoverable gas located in five shale basins.
Bista Sangita +2 more
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Benefits of hydraulic fracking
, 2016 If an average American heard the word ‘fracking’ ten years ago, chances are he or she would have worried about the manners of the speaker. Today, however, opinions about fracking are solidifying, and battle lines are being drawn, even if understanding remains sketchy.
Hassett, K, Mathur, A
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Environmental issues related to fracking
, 2021 Hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking' overlays a major industrial operation on the land in areas where shale and tight hydrocarbon resources can be exploited.
Moscariello, Andrea +1 more
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The recent push to develop unconventional sources of oil and gas both in the U.S. and abroad via hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) has generated a great deal of controversy.
Roser-Renouf, Connie +5 more
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Unconventional Wells Interference: Supervised Machine Learning for Detecting Fracture Hits
Applied SciencesThe primary objective of the study was development of a machine learning (ML)-based workflow for fracture hit (“frac hit”) detection and monitoring using shale oil-field data such as drilling surveys, production history (oil and produced water), pressure,
Guoxiang Liu +2 more
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Public Perceptions of High-Volume Hydraulic Fracking and Deep Shale Gas Development [PDF]
, 2013 This document is one of the seven technical reports completed for the Hydraulic Fracturing in Michigan Integrated Assessment conducted by the University of Michigan. During the initial phase of the project, seven faculty-led and student-staffed teams focused on the following topics: Technology, Geology/Hydrogeology, Environment/Ecology, Human Health ...
Wolske, Kim, Hoffman, Andrew
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Journal of Political Ecology, 2014 This article reviews recent literature relevant to the ongoing shale gas boom and introduces the Journal of Political Ecology's Special Section on hydraulic fracking. We highlight the need for ethnographic studies of the tumultuous social and physical transformations resulting from, and produced by, an unfolding frontier of energy production that ...
Anna J. Willow, Sara Wylie
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Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, 2017 The high stakes of emergent environmental crises, from climate change to widespread toxic exposures, have motivated STS practitioners to innovate methodologically, including leveraging STS scholarship to actively remake environmental scientific practice ...
Sara Wylie, Nick Shapiro, Max Liboiron
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