Meaning of fraccing | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of fracking.

alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Examples

“I have⟳ also heard from geologists who say⟳ they spell⟳ it fraccing, and one who says it's fracting with a silent t.”

“Fraccing is the process⟳ of creating cracks in underground coal seams to increase⟳ the flow⟳ and recovery of gas or oil out of a well.”

“The industry argues that this is highly unlikely, as the fraccing takes place⟳ a mile or more below drinking water aquifers and is separated from them by thick layers of impermeable rock. Moreover, the industry has a great deal⟳ of experience⟳ with fraccing. More than a million wells have⟳ been fracced in the United States since the first frac job six decades ago.”

“Fraccing fluids contain⟳ proppants that forced into the natural fractures of fissures of the rock under pressure.”

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