Gas Fracking Reliable Energy Source Or Environmental Concern - In2town.co.uk

Gas Fracking Reliable Energy Source Or Environmental Concern - In2town.co.uk

Gas fracking, or hydraulic fracturing as it is properly called, is a method of extracting natural gas from shale that has turned deposits that were previously impractical into vast sources of commercially viable energy.  Immense deposits of shale gas are to be found in the many countries. The process taps into layers of shale which were historically too impermeable to be economically extracted and opens pathways for gas extraction by pumping fluids into the rock under high pressure, fracturing the substrate and opening fissures leading into the well pipe through which the gas is drawn to the surface.