hydraulic fracturing en · NOUN
Meanings
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(qualifier:oil industry, uncountable) A technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well (or similar) in order to create fractures in the oil-bearing rock and thus release more oil.
The chemicals were used by companies during a drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, which involves the high-pressure injection of a mixture of water, sand and chemical additives into rock formations deep underground.
2011 April 17, “Chemicals Were Injected Into Wells, Report Says”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2022:
Synonyms
fracking · fracing · hydrofracking
Translations (36)
cmn 水力壓裂 /水力压裂 (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · el υδραυλική θραύση (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · pt fraturação hidráulica (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · de hydraulische Risserzeugung (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · af hidrobreking (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · vi nứt vỡ thuỷ lực (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · de Fracking (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · fr fracturation hydraulique (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · ru гидравли́ческий разры́в пласта́ (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · ko 프래킹 (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · pl szczelinowanie hydrauliczne (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · eu haustura hidrauliko (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · cs hydraulické štěpení (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · fi frakkaus (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · es fracturación hidráulica (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · es fracturamiento hidráulico (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · de Hydraulic Fracturing (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · ko 수압파쇄법 (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · pt fraturamento hidráulico (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · id peretakan (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · de hydraulische Frakturierung (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · cmn 水力劈裂 (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · fr hydrofracturation (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · ca fracturació hidràulica (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · ca hidrofracturació (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · el υδραυλική ρωγμάτωση (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · de hydraulische Stimulation (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · cy ffracio hydrolig (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · fr fracking (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · es fractura hidráulica (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · pt fratura hidráulica (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · tr hidrolik kırma (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · sv hydraulisk spräckning (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · fi vesisärötys (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · it fratturazione idraulica (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well) · de hydraulisches Aufbrechen (technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well)