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present singular third person fracs · participle present fraccing · participle past fracced · past fracced · alternative frack

1. oil industryTo use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing)

   To date, Arrow has only fracced about 2.5 percent of its wells ...

   2011, Arrow, “Fraccing”, in Arrow Energy (html), archived from the original on 22 Jan 2012

alternative frack

1. not comparableoil industryRelating to or denoting hydraulic fracturing

   More than a million wells have been fracced in the United States since the first frac job six decades ago.

   2012 January 3, Ralph Benko, “Daniel Yergin's The Quest”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2021

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   The drilling industry has generally spelled the word without a "K," using terms like "frac job" or "frac fluid."

   2012 January 26, Jonathan Fahey, “No energy industry backing for the word 'fracking'”, in Yahoo News, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2014

plural fracs · alternative frack

1. oil industryFrac job.

   A program summary showing the type and volume of fluid and the size and amount of sand that is planned for the eight fracs is shown in table 1.

   1976, United States. Energy Research and Development Administration, Bartlesville Energy Technology Center, United States. Dept. of Energy. Division of Oil, Gas, and Shale Technology, United States. Division of Oil, Gas, Shale, and In Situ Technology, United States. Dept. of Energy. Division of Fossil Fuel Extraction, “NATURAL BUTTES UNIT, UINTAH COUNTY, UTAH, MASSIVE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING DEMONSTRATION”, in Contracts for cooperative and supporting research on enhanced oil and gas recovery and improved drilling methods, volumes 7-10

plural fracs · alternative frack

1. Fracture.
2. Fracturing.

plural fracs · alternative frack

1. Fraction
2. Fractioning