no fracking way dude!

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a means of natural gas extraction employed in deep natural gas well drilling. Once a well is drilled, millions of gallons of water, sand and proprietary chemicals are injected, under high pressure, into a well. The pressure fractures the shale and props open fissures that enable natural gas to flow more freely out of the well.

that said;

Geologists of the Arkansas Geological Survey assured people who were in attendance at a townhall-style meeting at Guy-Perkins College that the rise in seismic activity is not due to the recent fracking done within the area.

AGS Geohazards Supervisor Scott Ausbrooks said that they don’t see any connection between hydraulic fracking and the recent earthquakes. However, the agency does not deny the possibility that the drilling of deep, saltwater wells may contribute something that they have not yet uncovered to the current seismicity in the area.

Fracking (which is also known as hydraulic fracturing) refers to the injection of chemical and sand into production wells so that natural gas could be produced. It also refers to the creation of fractures inside rocks to stimulate wells. Currently, it has been linked to (not only) earthquake issues, but other environmental and health concerns as well.


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