hydraulic fracturing

English - Turkish

Definition of hydraulic fracturing in English Turkish dictionary

hidrolik çatlatma

Related Terms

fracking

Kaya gazının çıkarılması işlemi

English - English

Definition of hydraulic fracturing in English English dictionary

A 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

fracking

Still, environmentalists look to the U.S., where drilling with fracking is now a “megatrend” and where thousands of wells dot the landscape in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado. They worry about higher greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional natural gas—because of the energy used to get the gas—and water contamination.

hydrofracturing

Hyphenation

hy·drau·lic frac·tur·ing

Turkish pronunciation

haydrôlîk fräkçırîng

Synonyms

fracing, fracking

Pronunciation

/hīˈdrôlək ˈfrakʧərəɴɢ/ /haɪˈdrɔːlɪk ˈfrækʧɜrɪŋ/