Fracking : the operations and environmental consequences of hydraulic fracturing / Michael D. Holloway and Oliver Rudd.
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TextPublication details: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ; Salem, Mass. : Scrivener Publishing, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 369 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781118747926
- 1118747925
- 9781118748183
- 1118748182
- Hydraulic fracturing
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects
- Hydraulic fracturing -- Environmental aspects
- Natural gas -- Prospecting
- Natural gas -- Prospecting -- Environmental aspects
- Natural gas reserves
- Oil and gas leases
- Groundwater -- Pollution
- Shale gas industry -- Environmental aspects
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mining
- Hydraulic fracturing
- 622.28 23
- TN292 .H65 2013eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Wiley, viewed May 31, 2013).
Environmental Impact -- Reality and Myth and Nero Did Not Fiddle While Rome Burned -- Production Development -- Fractures: Their Orientation and Length -- Casing and Cementing -- Pre-Drill Assessments -- Well Construction -- Well Operations -- Failure and Contamination Reduction -- Frack Fluids and Composition -- So Where Do the Frack Fluids Go? -- Common Objections to Drilling Operations -- Air Emissions Controls -- Chemicals and Products on Locations -- Public Perception, the Media, and the Facts.
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