How to Use hydraulic fracturing in a Sentence

hydraulic fracturing

noun
  • In flow back, liquids used in hydraulic fracturing are brought to the surface.
    — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2020
  • The gas has been tapped via the controversial hydraulic fracturing method.
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2013
  • Sand used for hydraulic fracturing, for example, is in short supply.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Pennsylvania is one of the top states in the nation for hydraulic fracturing.
    — Fox News, 30 Mar. 2022
  • In one breath, the future President promised again not to ban hydraulic fracturing.
    — David Blackmon, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • After a boom in hydraulic fracturing helped drive down energy prices, hydrogen took a back seat.
    — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The area is known for fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, a process that injects water at high pressure into the ground to extract oil.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Its most important offering is mesh frac sand used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting natural gas from the ground.
    — Steve Devane, USA TODAY, 20 June 2020
  • Unlocking the rock is the role of fracking, formerly called hydraulic fracturing.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2021
  • Some reporters believe voters are so split on climate change and hydraulic fracturing in this state that his comment won’t move the needle for voters.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2020
  • All are trends that had been underway for more than a decade, since the boom in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, began to increase production.
    — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The mine, which will take about seven months to complete, will supply sand for hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas extraction, the company said.
    — Houston Chronicle, 12 June 2018
  • Biden's messaging regarding fracking, or hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas or oil from hard rock such as shale, has been mixed.
    — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 8 Feb. 2021
  • The reason the decline began to slow was hydraulic fracturing was being combined with horizontal drilling to usher in the shale oil boom.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Types of fracking have been used for decades, but the term now usually refers to a specific technique called horizontal hydraulic fracturing.
    — Timothy Puko, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The method itself has been around for decades, but the more recent development is the pairing of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.
    — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Natural gas is produced by drilling or hydraulic fracturing (better known as fracking), and is also extracted as a byproduct of drilling for oil.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 9 July 2021
  • The natural gas industry boomed a decade ago has hydraulic fracturing — known as fracking — and the new methods of drilling reduced the cost of the energy source.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 22 June 2018
  • Railroads are now poised to order more equipment to keep up with rising shipments of commodities such as grain and the sand used in hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas.
    — Richard Clough, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2018
  • But with the rapid expansion of a new type of hydraulic fracturing, natural gas became a cheap and stable source for power generation.
    — Hannah Wiseman, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
  • In this way, hydraulic fracturing threw a wrench into the prospects for clean coal technology like IGCC.
    — David Wagman, IEEE Spectrum, 30 June 2017
  • Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, involves injecting water, sand and chemicals down a well at a high pressure to form cracks in rock to release oil.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 May 2021
  • The massive natural gas field spans 17 North Texas counties and is where hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, got its start.
    — Dallas News, 26 May 2022
  • Then horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing unlocked enormous new supplies.
    — Dan Eberhart, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a method that injects water, sand and chemicals into the ground to create new fractures in rocks and extract natural gas, oil and brine.
    — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Biden campaigned on a pledge to ban hydraulic fracturing on federal lands; killed off permits for the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office.
    — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Fracking — short for hydraulic fracturing, the process of extracting oil and gas embedded in rock deep underground — accounts for a small portion of the state's oil and gas production each year.
    — Adam Beam, Star Tribune, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Enhanced systems, using hydraulic fracturing, risk causing earthquakes.
    — Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, involves drilling into the Earth and injecting water and chemicals at high pressure to break rocks and release the gas trapped inside.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 20 Oct. 2022

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