HYDRAULIC FRACTURING (FRACKING) - POSTER

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ROCK FORMATIONS

GAS PIPED TO PROCESSING

PLANT

RECLAIMED WATERTO BE CLEANED

INJECTORPLANT

WATERTANKERS

FISSURE CREATEDBY WATER PRESSURE

FISSURE CREATEDBY WATER PRESSURE

SAND PARTICLES STOP FISSURES

CLOSING, ALLOWING GAS TO ESCAPEUP THE PIPELINE

TO THE WELLHEAD

NATURAL GASFLOWS BACK UP

PIPELINE

TANKERS DELIVER WATER TO THE WELL SITE, IN

PREPARATION FOR MIXING WITH THE NECESSARY CHEMICALS AND SAND

PARTICLES.

INJECTOR PLANT MIXES CHEMICALS, SAND AND

WATER, THEN PUMPS THE SOLUTION, AT HIGH

PRESSURE, DOWN THE WELL, TO CREATE

FRACTURES IN THE SHALE ROCK SEAM.

SHALE GAS COLLECTS AT THE WELLHEAD, PIPED FOR

PROCESSING AND CLEANING, BEFORE USE BY

INDUSTRY AND HOMES

RECLAIMED WATER STORED IN TANKS AND

TRANSPORTED TO TREATMENT PLANT.

SHALESHALE

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ENERGY RESOURCES INCLUDING NUCLEAR POWER AND ALTERNATIVE

ENERGY FORMS, GO TO:http://www.technologystudent.com/energy1/engex.htm

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING - FRACKING

RECLAIMEDWATER

ROCK FORMATIONS

WELLHEAD

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