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Source Energy Services Enlists Legacy Building Solutions to Construct Large Frac Sand Facility

2014-09-15 10:39:00| Offshore Technology

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a major buzzword within oil and gas production in the US and Canada today.

New Tech Used to Extract Canadian Oil Sand

2014-09-05 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Economist: ONE of the bleakest scenes of man-made destruction is the strip mining of oil sands in the forests of Alberta, Canada. The sand is permeated with natural bitumen, a type of petroleum with the consistency of peanut butter. Once dug from the surface, the sand is hauled to an extraction plant where it is mixed with lots of hot water and chemicals to liberate the oil and make it flow into pipelines or be taken by tankers to refineries. Not all of the water can be recycled and what remains is a goopy...

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Concho: Permian Drilling Boom Causing Sand Delivery Delays

2014-08-08 16:08:00| OGI

A drilling boom in West Texas has driven up demand and created logistical problems for delivering the material, Bloomberg reported Aug. 7.

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Sand Mining Takes Toll WiscAs Fracking Escalates Nationwide

2014-08-04 22:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: How is mining related to fracking? Well, the process of hydraulic fracturing forces fluid into the rock at extremely high pressure. This pries open natural pre-existing cracks (fractures) in the bedrock, and also causes new cracks (induced fractures) to form. This network of enhanced and induced fractures is what allows gas and oil to flow out of the rock and into the well. To keep these fractures from snapping shut when the fracking operation is completed and the pressure is eased, you need to...

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