Fracturing definition

Fracturing or "hydraulic fracturing" means a procedure to stimulate production by forcing a mixture of fluid and proppant (usually sand) into the formation under high pressure. This creates artificial fractures in the reservoir rock, which increases permeability and porosity.

Fracturing means mechanically inducing a crack or surface of breakage within rock not related to foliation or cleavage in metamorphic rock in order to enhance the permeability of rocks by connecting pores together.

Fracturing means the process of forcing a fluid in the sub-surface strata with the purposes of enhancing flow passages;

Examples of Fracturing in a sentence

• In October 2014, the Government of Newfoundland appointed five members to the Newfoundland and Labrador Hydraulic Fracturing Review Panel ("NLFRP") to study the socio-economic and environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing in western Newfoundland.

• The re- quirements set forth in State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama Rule 400–4–1–.02, Definitions, and Rule 400–4–5–.04, Pro- tection of Underground Sources of Drinking Water during the Hydraulic Fracturing of Coal Beds, are hereby in- corporated by reference and made a part of the applicable UIC program under the SDWA for the State of Ala- bama.

• Schizer, The Shale Oil and Gas Revolution, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Water Contamination: A Regulatory Strategy, 98 MINN.

• Comparing Coalition Politics: Policy Debates on Hydraulic Fracturing in North America and Western Europe.

• Notice given 13 August 2013)Resolution of the Committee on 7 August 2013 to commence an Inquiry into the Implications for Western Australia of Hydraulic Fracturing for Unconventional Gas [SO 179(2)].

More Definitions of Fracturing

Fracturing means the process of forcing a fluid in the subsurface strata with the purpose of enhancing flow passages ;

Fracturing or "hydraulic fracturing" means the propagation of fractures in a rock layer, by a pressurized fluid used to release petroleum or natural gas (including shale gas, tight gas, and coal seam gas), for extraction.

Fracturing or "hydraulic fracturing" means the

Fracturing or “Fracking” shall mean the fracturing of rock formations by man-made fluid- driven techniques for the purpose of stimulating natural gas or other subsurface hydrocarbon production. The term includes high-volume fracking into hard rock deposits.

Fracturing means the injecting of a fluid into a well to cause pressure that “cracks” or opens up fractures already present in the formation.

Fracturing means any operation that consists in creating fractures in a geological formation by injecting a fluid under pressure through a well;

Fracturing or “to fracture” shall mean the process of pumping fluids, gas or other substances with or without a proppant down a well under pressure expressly designed to initiate and propagate fractures or fracture networks in the target producing formation to facilitate oil or gas extraction.