fracking


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Related to fracking: Hydraulic fracturing

frack·ing

 (frăk′ĭng)
[From frac(tur)ing.]
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fracking

(ˈfrækɪŋ)
n
(General Engineering) a method of releasing oil or gas from rock by forcing liquid at high pressure into the rock
[C20: shortened from fracturing (see fracture) ]
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SEFTON Central Labour MP, Bill Esterson is calling on the government to block the planning application for fracking near Formby, following a spate of earthquakes at Preston New Road, Blackpool, where fracking has already begun.
A third tremor measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale has been felt near the UK's only active fracking site in Lancashire.
FRACKING has been stopped at the UK's only shale gas exploration site after the largest-ever tremor was recorded at the facility, according to energy firm Cuadrilla.
CUADRILLA halted work for most of the day at the UK's only active fracking site yesterday, after it triggered an earthquake almost 10 times stronger than permitted by government rules.
This factor is likely to raise questions against this new technology, in turn limiting the growth of the fracking fluid market in the forthcoming years.
Summary: This factor is likely to raise questions against this new technology, in turn limiting the growth of the fracking fluid market in the forthcoming years.
Phil Murphy gave his full support for a hard ban on any fracking and fracking waste in the Delaware Water Basin, a move which drew widespread praise Wednesday afternoon from environmental groups.
BBC Sunday Politics North West covered the topic as fracking is never far from the headlines especially given recent earthquakes since hydraulic fracturing resumed in Lancashire .
MAYOR Ben Houchen made comments in The Gazette, October 1, saying that a strategy on energy for Teesside had been agreed by leaders of the Tees Valley Combined Authority which included fracking.