cons of hydraulic fracturing
Pros and cons of fracking. There has been much debate recently about the advisability or otherwise of drilling for oil or gas deposits in shale using the technique popularly known as fracking (more properly called hydraulic fracturing).
Hydraulic fracturing, or âfrackingâ , is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside. There are more than 500,000 active natural gas wells in the US.