WHAT IS FRACKING: shorts explained the process in oil wells #fracking #frackers #antifracking #frack

extends horizontally for about 1.5 km through a compressed black layer called the shale rock formation A specialized Perforating gun is then lowered and fired creating a series of small inch long holes that burst through the Well's casing into the rock layer about 3 to 4 months after the initial drilling the well is ready for fracking to begin fracking fluid is pumped down into the well at a pressure so high it cracks the shale rock creating fractures through which the trapped gas and oil can escape the fluid itself is more than 90% water the rest is made up of concentrated chemical additives