Fracking for natural gas

Over the past decade oil and gas producers have increasingly used hydraulic fracturing also known as fracking to extract oil and gas from the earth. Most people believe fracking is a new process but it has been around for over 100 years. Modern day fracking began in the 1990’s when George P Mitchell created a new technique by combining fracking with horizontal drilling. Since then, U.S. oil and gas production has skyrocketed. But the “new” perception of fracking leads people to incorrectly believe that fracking is temporary and that it somehow harms the environment. The truth is fracking is a reasonable energy solution if oversight and safeguards are used. In the last ten years fracking has improved conditions in the U.S. in three

“Fracking” isn’t a word that most people are familiar with unless they are well informed or active in local government or natural gas extraction. “Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, involves extracting natural gas from shale formations underground” (Collier, Galatas, Harrelson-Stephens, 2008). During the process known as fracking, millions of gallons of water are shot underground into shale formations to help bring the natural gas trapped inside the formations to be released so that it can surface and become available for extraction. This is the technique that is used for traditional fracking methods. Although fracking increases the states natural gas production, it also carries some negative side effects that are affecting the state and its people.

The mismanagement of the practice has the potential to create environmental damage such as water contamination, radioactive spills, and increased seismic activity that could cost thousands in dollars in damage. Furthermore, the unintended consequences of fracking can have detrimental effects on the environmental. The potential for water contamination can pose both an immediate and long term risk to environmental stability, including landscape distortion, inhabitability and ecological displacement. This contamination of drinking water can also be detrimental to the human environment, limiting the amount of safe water available for both the residential and commercial human environment. With the increase of fracking, the level of disapproval for the practice has only mounted. Concerns including overconsumption of

Fracking Kills the World Around Us Abbey Burns Missouri State University General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: By the end of the speech the audience will know the negative effects fracking has on the environment. Thesis Statement: Fracking causes detrimental effects to the environment including the pollution in our atmosphere, contamination of water, and an increase in earthquakes. Introduction: “Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented – Barry Commoner.”

The global crisis surrounding energy needs grows in severity as time goes by and in order to solve it, scientists have created the innovative solution known as hydraulic fracturing (Source 5). Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as “fracking,” is a process that injects water, chemicals, sand, and other materials into layers of shale. The injected mixture cracks the layers of shale, releasing trapped natural gasses that can be collected (Source 1). Fracking occurs deep under the surface of the earth, miles below the groundwater that is accessed from drinking-water wells. In the mid-2000s, “fuel prices were rising rapidly” (Source 5). Hydraulic fracturing was a cheap solution that not only brought the world out of a state of emergency but made oil prices drop. The new method of gas collection grew the oil and gas industry, benefiting people all around the world. Fracking is a cheap, effective solution to global needs, but is under attack from skeptics who worry about environmental hazards. The claims against fracking not only have no real evidence but also risk destroying the jobs in the oil and gas industry as well as support for energy needs. Hydraulic fracturing is not only a cheap but a safe method that supports global needs surrounding both energy and jobs.

Fracking has actually changed out future as we know it, and has made it possible for many things. Fracking will make the world run on natural fossil fuels for much longer, which is also better for the environment and us. In 2015, the U.S. reached its all time high in oil production in 14 years and is only expected to continually rise. Oil production in the U.S. is one of the main sources of jobs for people living in the U.S. (Nunez, 2013). Fracking is a good way to employ U.S. citizens and is also a good way to get natural ways of oil production. As we all

Fracking is considered by many business oriented people as the way to enhance our fossil fuel reserves that currently are needed within the United States. While there are many people that take either side of this heated debate, the scientific data is just beginning to come in and the perils that are culminating from using this form of extraction are becoming a problem for many throughout the Kentucky and the U.S.

According to anti fracking people, fracking is destroying our groundwater, and causing air pollution. Natural gas is burned at well sites, “this is considered to be safer than releasing methane into the atmosphere because CO2 is not as potent a greenhouse gas such as methane.”(natural gas and the environment) Even Lisa Jackson the head of the Environmental Agency has seen no proof that fracking has affected drinking water. People who say that fracking causes air pollution, but in reality the gas that is used in fracking is actually safer to use than other gases like benzene. The gas is used for electricity, cooking and heating houses and without it people would be wasting other resources. “Natural gas is flared or burned at well sites.” This

The fracking industry in its entirety, although surrounded by a shroud of controversy, is an economic stimulator that many do not acknowledge. The potential replacement of coal for efficient and clean energy would not be possible if it weren’t for the utilization of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, and horizontal drilling. To consider fracking as only a danger to the environment would be an overstatement while saying fracking only provides natural gas and nothing else is an understatement. It’s important to consider all of the potential benefits that fracking gives to the economy and how its minor environmental destruction could lead to an economic reconstruction. Although fracking has a negative connotation with most people,

This is a very good argument from Mr. Fred Krupp, He does have a little bias as he is President of the Environmental Defense Fund. However, this group is known for its work on issues including global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, and human health, and advocates using sound science, economics and law to find environmental solutions that work. It is nonpartisan, and its work often advocates market-based solutions to environmental problems. The argument that prevails is that there are solutions out there and we can access this energy but it must be done in a responsible manner. The bringing up of the dirty water shows that there are some concerns there that can be dealt with if worked properly. But, he also explains that the concerns are real and that there are things that still have to be researched before we know all the up and downs of fracking.

In the past few decades America’s energy consumption has risen significantly, the majority of our energy comes from fossil fuels like natural gas, and coal, however recently there has been a lot of publicity around a relatively new method of obtaining natural gas called Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Fracking has grown since the 1940s in America, natural gas prices are continuing to rise, as a result of its depleting number of natural resources (Heinberg). Therefore more complex, and expensive methods like fracking have become more popular, and cost-effective (Sanders). Fracking has already been used in the USA more than one million times, in fact more than 60% of gas wells in the United States are used for fracking (white). Fracking

Fracking is a modern technique to explore natural gas through a controversial procedure. The controversy about scientific evidence for the impact of fracking has raged unabated for over a decade. It has now become one of the most popular debates between the supporters of Greenpeace or environmentalists and the energy companies. Now it’s a centrepiece of discussion in the context of the energy solution and considered as a really important source of energy by last few decades. Recent developments in the field of natural gas have led to a renewed interest in fracking. Energy seekers support a lot of arguments for their strength at the same on their counterparts. However, this essay will give a brief overview of the history, process, the

Fracking of oil, is the extraction of oil from below the earth's surface through a process which entails drilling down into the earth to create a well. Two or ore steel casings are set in the wall to help keep the wall open by providing support and preventing fluid and gas flow into the surrounding ground. When the casting is in place, cement is pumped down inside the casing and on the outside. This is done to prevent liquids and gas leaking behind the casing. After the well is constructed, liquids (water) and special chemicals are pumped down the well at high pressures and creating fissures in the rocks. When these fractures crack open, oil and gas escape from them and return to the surface to be used. Fractures are kept open by materials

In the face of looming environmental concerns such as air pollution and waste disposal while searching for resources, fracking for natural gas has become a widely debated topic. Fracking for natural gas however, if done responsibly, can have potentially huge benefits that outweigh any cost. There are a few major reasons that natural gas fracking Companies that resort to fracking for natural gas are under immense pressure to disclose their methods, and in accordance to the law, they yield that information willingly. Companies also are required to frack in accordance to water boundaries, or in locations that cant harm water supplies essential to certain areas such as towns or habitats. Natural gas fracking also has 3 interlinked benefits: social improvement, positive economic improvement, and even an environmental benefit, relating to how natural gas is reusable and has reduced emissions. Alternative energy sources are needed in todays times where oil and coal aid in the damage of our atmosphere, and natural gas fracking can help with that wish.

Fracking for Natural Gas has become a much debated issue across the United States. Industry leaders try to emphasize the benefits of what the practice holds and environmental groups in America question industry safety procedures. Industries try to promote the benefits of Natural Gases over other energy sources in the United States, such as coal, windmills, and solar energy. The Natural Gas industry has also had a positive role in economic growth by providing Americans with employment. But there are some arguable benefits of Fracking, some public health officials, environmentalist and scientists are not really convinced that it is worth the potential risks of Fracking. However, there are some regulations and guidelines at federal and state levels