EFTA01207294Set 9
2015-02-2229p10,361w
legally and politically.
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It's not definitive that earthquakes have been caused by fracking wastewater injection. Thus far, the
research has lacked data on sub-surface pressure, which ... indisputable that Oklahoma has seen a rise in earthquakes
since the fracking boom began — right now, the state averages about 10 small earthquakes per day.
According to the Oklahoma Geological ... energy problems. What's brought about
the change is the process of Hydraulic Fracking or just "Fracking" for extracting natural gas from
shale, a dense rock formation
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EFTA01116684Set 9
2002-01-019p7,098w
produce.
Other than normal operating risks, there is of course the broader issue of fracking, and what operational safeguards will need to
be put in place to allay concerns about ... natural gas would look tame in comparison. See Appendix B for a discussion about fracking and
seismic risks I had with scientists from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory ... this month, we had a session with 3 Lamont scientists on the
subject of fracking and seismic risks. The session's participants included experts from seismic geology, tectonophysics and
marine
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2017-03-1943p14,125w
scientists writing in the journal Seismological Research Letters.
Invented in 1947, hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a technique that improves the production of oil
and gas from wells by increasing ... propping agent, usually sand particles, is also injected to keep
the new fractures open.
Fracking takes a few hours to a few days, followed by a period where the fracking ... waters, by injection into deep wells that causes the
earthquakes.
The dramatic increase in fracking for oil and gas in America since 2006 has caused some regions to
experience frequent
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EFTA00861127Set 9
2015-03-2951p11,164w
PowerPoint presentations and blog posts. Omitted were hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific studies of fracking and potential impacts to
the environment and public health. The oil and gas industry group ... responded to the Public Accountability Initiative accusations with an
attack, alleging that fracking opponents are responsible for their own share of deceit, denial and deflection in trying to align research ... shale gas development — was actually written and peer-reviewed by anti-fracking activists,"
Katie Brown, a spokeswoman for Energy in Depth, told The Huffington Post.
So, who are the real
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EFTA01195076Set 9
2015-03-0126p10,278w
enemy. Now let's defeat them.
Dean Obeidallah — 02.06.15 — The Daily Beast
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California's Fracking Boom?
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Ilannagioal Beach in the 193W or I Ms.
As most of you know ... biggest
talk in California's energy industry has been about hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) and whether or
not the method of pumping sand, chemicals and water at very high pressure ... productive wells in the state, industry has
relied on well stimulation techniques, such as fracking and acidizing.
In 2011, the Energy Information Administration all but declared another gold rush
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EFTA00705916Set 9
2014-03-0235p13,003w
problem. Current techniques for extracting oil, including the
relatively new method called fracking, won't work with kerogen. And it is
too time-consuming and expensive to mine the kerogen ... needs for a year. That's because
horizontal drilling—the other technology besides hydraulic fracking that's
opened up oil and gas reserves once considered inaccessible—enables the
direction ... after the oil-shale project with the same rage and determination as
opponents of fracking in this country.
Leading the environmentalist charge since 2011 has been On Karassin,
who represents
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EFTA00668522Set 9
2012-12-3018p11,957w
children....
In America's latest oil and gas rush, the country's biggest fracking incident has almost gone
unreported.
The oil and gas industry is entrenched in southern Louisiana ... wells. Geologists can
only compare the resulting disaster to the drilling technique known as fracking: vast quantities of subterranean
liquid forced its way to the surface, cracking apart underground rock ... impacted by the industry. This is why Truthout says it will be taking a "fracking road trip" to the
areas hardest hit by drilling, to learn more about how that
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EFTA00984260Set 9
2014-03-0239p13,127w
problem. Current techniques for extracting oil, including the
relatively new method called fracking, won't work with kerogen. And it is
too time-consuming and expensive to mine the kerogen ... needs for a year. That's because
horizontal drilling—the other technology besides hydraulic fracking that's
opened up oil and gas reserves once considered inaccessible—enables the
direction ... after the oil-shale project with the same rage and determination as
opponents of fracking in this country.
Leading the environmentalist charge since 2011 has been On Karassin,
who represents
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EFTA01732882Set 10
2015-11-2929p11,635w
going through the Keystone Pipeline =nstead.
Also, local producers (including the new fracking operators), whos= prices might be undercut with a new abundance of
crude oil coming from ... because it =s definitely less of a danger to
the environment than fracking, which has =ontaminated the water table in a number of states, as well as possibly
8
EFTA ... fuels is economics, in the same way that cheap oil prices
has made many=fracking, deep water and artic exploration uneconomical, which has resulte= in their operations being
curtailed
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EFTA01930689Set 10
2014-03-0150p13,069w
problem. Current techniques for extracting oil,
including the relatively new method called fracking, won't work
with kerogen. And it is too time-consuming and expensive to
mine the kerogen ... That's because horizontal
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drilling—the other technology besides hydraulic fracking that's
opened up oil and gas reserves once considered
inaccessible—enables the direction ... after the oil-shale project with the same rage and
determination as opponents of fracking in this country.
Leading the environmentalist charge since 2011 has been Orr
Karassin, who represents
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EFTA00721040Set 9
2014-07-1327p13,173w
Much of this optimism is based on the application of technologies like
hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") and horizontal drilling to previously inaccessible shale reservoirs, and
the development of unconventional sources such ... companies split rocks using
high-pressure liquid, a process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The surge in supply
combined with restrictions on exporting crude is curbing the price
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EFTA01059141Set 9
2016-12-177p2,262w
Gore in
2001 and completely reversed policies on tax, environment, Middle East, energy,
fracking, birth control, and LGBT issues. Trump, Pence, Bannon and Koch will make
a deal which will ... expressly designed to do this. This includes new oil and gas
leasing projects, more fracking, more coal, more LNG projects -- and a green light
for both the Keystone and Dakota
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EFTA02687642Set 11
2015-03-204p997w
flattening out soon.
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Obama admin also issued federal regulations for fracking mandating=drillers on federal lands to reveal the chemicals
used, safely dispose con=aminated water ... states to follow suit. These regulations are ex=ected to increase
cost of fracking, further reducing margins for oil produ=ers. In other news, Russia's small refineries may start
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