The Truth About Fracking Hydraulic facturing has been used in conventional style wells since late 1940s.

. When a well shaft is found a layer of shale, chemically treated water and sand are blasted down at high pressure to crack open the rock and liberate the natural gas ecently there is a new techni!ue which is called directional or hori"ontal drilling #.$. %s estimated to have &'( trill. )ubic feet of unconventional shale gas within reach hori"ontal fracking re!uires enormous volume of water and chemicals %ndustrial endeavor demands a staggering ' * 4 mill. +al. ,f water for a single lateral as well as 1-,000 * .0,000 gal. ,f chemicals /ransporting li!uids involve fleets of tanker trucks and large storage containers 0lowback water has to be managed 1 up to (-2 of what is blasted down comes back up. with a cocktail of chemicals3 used to help the fracking fluid flow, to protect the pipe and kill bacteria, and many other purposes3but often with ra4 dioactive materials and salts from the un4 derground layers 5any states re!uire bottom of pits to be lined with synthetic material to prevent leakage, some re!uire pits to be a sufficient distance from surface water 1 problem 1 pits can tear and overflow state6s department of 7nvironmental 8rotection fined )hesapeake almost 91 mill for contaminating 1. families6 water wells w: methane )ementing is the obvious ;weak link,< according to =nthony +orody, a hydroge4 ologist ;%f you do a poor >ob of installing the well casing, you potentially open a pathway for the stuff to flow out,< e?plains ecologist and water resource e?pert obert @. Aackson of Buke #niversityCs Dicholas $chool of the 7nvironment Aackson6s team analy"ed samples from more than .0 private drinking water wells overlying the 5arcellus $hale in north eastern 8ennsylvania and the #tica $hale in upstate D.E 5ethane e?isted in -1 wells. Done of the samples contained fracking fuel 1 contamination 1 facility cementing and casting of wells. 0racking may create at least some cracks that e?tent upward in rock beyond the hori"ontal shale layer allowing gas to travel upward )hemicals used for fracking is called ;confidential business information<

0racking has been used in conventional style wells since late 1940s. When a well shaft is found a layer of shale, chemically treated water and sand are blasted down at high pressure to crack open the rock and liberate the natural gas. ecently though the new techni!ue called directional or hori"ontal drilling has been introduced. /he main worry for citi"ens is is this new techni!ue safe. Bue to fracking many civilians who6ve leased their property to fracking companies have e?perienced many negative effects which they believe is due to the process of fracking. = main one is contamination in water. $ome residence have claimed the ability to set their water on fire because it contains so many ha"ardous chemicals. How the fracking companies respond is with with e?cuses stating that the water was already contaminated before they set foot in their property. What researchers believe happen during fracking is the process may create cracks that e?tent upward in the rock behond the hori"ontal shale which allows gas to travel upward. Dot only is fracking ha"ardous to the people,

but to the environment as well. %ndustries demand two to four million gallons of water for a single lateral and 1-,000 to .0,000 gallons of chemicals. Dot only a waste of water and too many ha"ardous chemicals being used, but the transportation as well helps add to the pollution. /he flowback water from this process later then has to be managed, up to (-2 of what is blasted down comes right back up with do"ens of chemicals that are used to help the fracking fluid flow to protect the pope and kill bacteria along with many other purposes. %6ve never heard about fracking until now and honestly %6m !uiet surprised at how dangerous it is to people, yet they continue to do it. /he article talked a lot about what e?actly fracking is and how it is harmful to humans and environment. What caught my attention the most out of the article is reading about how the the companies come up with different e?cuses on why fracking isn6t harmful even though they see all the effects it6s creating. How can someone lie through their teeth all time and not feel any sorrow or regret. %t makes me sad that the people no longer care when money is involved. So What? %s e?actly what the fracking companies are saying. /hey make up e?cusing to try to cover up their mess because they don6t care. We need to bring awareness of fracking and have it be stopped or have companies find a different way to get their gas. ,nce the people are harmed it is not something to continue to do. What If..? %f this continues more people will become sick and eventually these big companies will want more and continue to make more wells, contaminating more water and hurting the environment. Who Says? /his article was written by )hris 5ooney. /here were several statements from other researchers and scientists like +eoffrey /hyne a petroleum geologist.

What Does This Remind Me Of? /his reminds me of the film we watched in class about fracking. Honestly % liked the film better then this article because it showed real people and their real struggles. %t was more interesting and for me touched me more and drew my attention in. /his article though still has some good information.