hydraulic fracturing
Noun
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Noun
hydraulic fracturing (uncountable)
- (oil drilling) A technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well (or similar) in order to create fractures in the oil-bearing rock and thus release more oil.
- French: fracturation hydraulique, hydrofracturation, fracking
- German: Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, hydraulische Frakturierung, hydraulisches Aufbrechen, hydraulische Risserzeugung, hydraulische Stimulation
- Italian: fratturazione idraulica
- Portuguese: fraturamento hidráulico, fraturação hidráulica, fratura hidráulica
- Russian: гидравли́ческий разры́в пласта́
- Spanish: fracturamiento hidráulico, fracking, fractura hidráulica, hidrofracturación
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