hydraulic fracturing
noun
: fracking
The gas-fired plants come courtesy of the revolution in hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), which has delivered a vast supply of low-cost natural gas to an electricity market that has struggled with steadily rising coal prices since 2001.—
Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren
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For fossil fuel companies, horizontal drilling has been a great tool — in combination with hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking — for tapping vast oil and gas deposits that were previously hard to reach.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
The bill also called for stringent vehicle emission standards and a ban on the hydraulic fracturing technique used to extract oil and natural gas from deep underground.
—Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 19 June 2024
The boom in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has allowed the United States to become energy independent (or nearly so).
—Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a method that injects water, sand and chemicals into the ground to create new fractures in rocks and extract natural gas, oil and brine.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
The bill also called for stringent vehicle emission standards and a ban on the hydraulic fracturing technique used to extract oil and natural gas from deep underground.
—Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 19 June 2024
The boom in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has allowed the United States to become energy independent (or nearly so).
—Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a method that injects water, sand and chemicals into the ground to create new fractures in rocks and extract natural gas, oil and brine.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Hydraulic fracturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydraulic%20fracturing. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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