1. Super FRACKING.
- Author
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Turcotte, Donald L., Moores, Eldridge M., and Rundle, John B.
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HYDRAULIC fracturing ,PETROLEUM ,OIL shales ,BLACK shales ,NATURAL gas ,ELECTRIC power production - Abstract
The article discusses the fracking technique for extracting oil and gas from shales in the U.S. Topics discussed include increase in the annual production of natural gas in the U.S. which led to lower prices of gas, consequence of the drop in natural gas prices has been the substitution of natural gas for coal in electric power generation plants and adds that oil and gas formation in black shales increase fluid pressure which results in hydraulic forces leading to fractures.
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- 2014
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