Fracking : the operations and environmental consequences of hydraulic fracturing - Holloway, Michael D., 1963-; Rudd, Oliver (Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ; Salem, Mass. : Scrivener Publishing, 2013)
Environmental Impact -- Reality and Myth and Nero Did Not Fiddle While Rome Burned -- Production Development -- Fractures: Their Orientation and Length -- Casing and Cementing -- Pre-Drill Assessments -- Well Construction -- Well Operations -- Failure and Contamination Reduction -- Frack Fluids and Composition -- So Where Do the Frack Fluids Go? -- Common Objections to Drilling Operations -- Air Emissions Controls -- Chemicals and Products on Locations -- Public Perception, the Media, and the Facts.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Wiley, viewed May 31, 2013).
Keywords: Hydraulic fracturing; Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects; Hydraulic fracturing -- Environmental aspects; Natural gas -- Prospecting; Natural gas -- Prospecting -- Environmental aspects; Natural gas reserves; Oil and gas leases; Groundwater -- Pollution; Shale gas industry -- Environmental aspects; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mining; Hydraulic fracturing; Electronic books; Electronic books