fracking — UK [ˈfrækɪŋ] / US or hydrofracking UK [ˈhaɪdrəʊfrækɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] a method of mining in which cracks are created in a type of rock called shale in order to obtain gas, oil, or other substances that are inside it Fracking was the… … English dictionary
fracking — /frakˈing/ (mining) noun The process of forcing liquid containing sand or other material into the strata round a well bottom to split them and prevent them closing … Useful english dictionary
fracking — 1. noun Hydraulic fracturing. Still, environmentalists look to the U.S., where drilling with fracking is now a “megatrend” and where thousands of wells dot the landscape in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado. They worry about higher greenhouse gas… … Wiktionary
fracking — /ˈfrækɪŋ/ (say fraking) noun → hydraulic fracturing. Also, fracing, fraccing. {frac(ture) + k + ing1} …
Fracking — Fra|cking [ frækɪŋ], das; s <englisch> (Geologie das Aufspalten von Gestein mit Chemikalien und Wasserdruck) … Die deutsche Rechtschreibung
hydrofracking — fracking UK [ˈfrækɪŋ] / US or hydrofracking UK [ˈhaɪdrəʊfrækɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] a method of mining in which cracks are created in a type of rock called shale in order to obtain gas, oil, or other substances that are inside it Fracking was … English dictionary
Fracturation hydraulique — La « fracturation hydraulique » est la dislocation ciblée de formations géologiques peu perméables[1]’[2] par le moyen de l injection sous très haute pression d un fluide destiné à fissurer et micro fissurer la roche. Cette fracturation … Wikipédia en Français
Hydraulic Fracturing — Schiefergasbohrung im Pinedale Anticline Hydraulic Fracturing (engl.: to fracture = aufbrechen, aufreißen; auch „Fracking“[1], „Hydrofracking“, „Fraccing“[2], „Frac ing“ [3] oder „Frac Jobs“ genannt … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Marcellus Formation — Stratigraphic range: Middle Devonian … Wikipedia
