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
Summary
"This book presents both sides of a very controversial subject in today's media: induced hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." It covers the technology and methods used in hydraulic fracturing in easy-to-understand language, for the engineer and layperson alike, presenting the environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing"--EBL
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Wiley, viewed May 31, 2013)
