Meanings
nounhydraulic fracturing (uncountable)
- uncountableoil industryA 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 2022Synonyms: fracing, fracking, hydrofracking
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
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Translations
Afrikaans hidrobreking
- hidrobrekingtechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Basque haustura hidrauliko
- haustura hidraulikotechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Catalan fracturació hidràulica, hidrofracturació
- fracturació hidràulicatechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- hidrofracturaciótechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Chinese Mandarin 水力壓裂 /水力压裂, 水力劈裂
- 水力壓裂 /水力压裂 (shuǐlì yāliè)technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- 水力劈裂 (shuǐlì pīliè)technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Czech hydraulické štěpení
- hydraulické štěpenítechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Finnish vesisärötys, frakkaus
- vesisärötystechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- frakkaustechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
French fracturation hydraulique, hydrofracturation
- fracturation hydrauliquetechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- hydrofracturationtechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- frackingtechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
German Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking
- Hydraulic Fracturingtechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- Frackingtechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- hydraulische Frakturierungtechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- hydraulisches Aufbrechentechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- hydraulische Risserzeugungtechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- hydraulische Stimulationtechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Greek υδραυλική θραύση, υδραυλική ρωγμάτωση
- υδραυλική θραύση (ydravlikí thráfsi)technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- υδραυλική ρωγμάτωση (ydravlikí rogmátosi)technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Indonesian peretakan
- peretakantechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Italian fratturazione idraulica
- fratturazione idraulicatechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Korean 수압파쇄법, 프래킹
- 수압파쇄법 (suap'paswaebeop)technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- 프래킹 (peuraeking)technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Polish szczelinowanie hydrauliczne
- szczelinowanie hydraulicznetechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Portuguese fraturamento hidráulico, fraturação hidráulica
- fraturamento hidráulicotechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- fraturação hidráulicatechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- fratura hidráulicatechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Russian гидравли́ческий разры́в пласта́
- гидравли́ческий разры́в пласта́ (gidravlíčeskij razrýv plastá)technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Spanish fracturamiento hidráulico, fractura hidráulica
- fracturamiento hidráulicotechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- fractura hidráulicatechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- fracturación hidráulicatechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Swedish hydraulisk spräckning
- hydraulisk spräckningtechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Turkish hidrolik kırma
- hidrolik kırmatechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Vietnamese nứt vỡ thuỷ lực
- nứt vỡ thuỷ lựctechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
Welsh ffracio hydrolig
- ffracio hydroligtechnique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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