Typically, a fracking process involves drilling a well, which is designed to go horizontally through the rock. Then water is pumped into the well, and mixed with a substance called a "proppant ...

While getting at these sequestered oil and gas deposits requires more than just drilling a hole in the ground, fracking starts with exactly that. Traditional well ... at a shallow angle, generally ...

The relatively shallow Marcellus Shale extends from ... outlays on goods and services and workers’ wages. And fracking jobs pay well. A study by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated ...

each production well can require roughly 15 million litres. “The greatest risk is that the fracking fluid leaks into the surface water and shallow aquifers used by people, livestock and the ...