Shale Gas Testing
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Shale Gas Testing and Fracking
Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is the process of creating fractures in shale to release natural gas within the formation using water, chemicals, and sand. In order to extract natural gas from the Marcellus Shale wells, horizontal drilling must take place. After a horizontal hole is made in the shale, large amounts of water, sand, and chemicals are injected in order to create additional cracks in the formation. Once these new fractures are created, the natural gas is able to be released from the shale.
Analyzing Marcellus Shale Gas Testing
Gas Testing Controversy
Although fracking has been around since 1947, there have been recent legal suits regarding the hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania and Canada. The regulation on hydraulic fracturing includes the U.S. FRAC Act of 2009. This bill was never made law, but held the idea that the EPA would be able to regulate all fracturing in the United States.
Shale Gas Testing: Right or Wrong?
Is Shale Gas Testing a good idea?
YES!
scotchtapefordays says:
Whether or not Shale Gas Testing is a good idea is dependent on who you ask. For environmentalists, it is most likely frowned upon. However, for those of us who believe that the companies are maintaining the validity of the land, we would say it provides inexpensive access to fuel. To each his own, I guess.
Challenge04 says:
I think it's a good idea. People can now get gas without using corn and other things.
NO!
marlinfan68 says:
Bad idea!
Gas Testing in the News
- Fracking and the rural dilemma
- There may be no better quote to describe the tension in public debates over the controversial method of hydraulic fracturing, or ?fracking,? for extracting natural gas from shale deposits. And when it comes to the pull of the financial salvation for ...
- European Fracking Bans Open Market for US Gas Exports
- That is more than four times the reserves of the Marcellus Shale formation from New York to Tennessee that has fueled much of the fracking boom in the US Much of Europe's gas, however, lies under Poland, where Exxon Mobil said early results suggest ...
- Fracking Boom Seen Slow to Develop in New York, Regulator Says
- The state is considering rules for high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a process in which millions of gallons of chemically treated water and sand are forced underground to break up shale rock and free trapped gas. Part of the Marcellus ...
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