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Hydraulic fracturing
Meaning
Noun
●
In Oil industry:
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
.
Sourced from
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Synonyms
Fracing
Fracking
Hydrofracking
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