ENG417 Sustainability - Hydraulic Fracturing
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Sustainability (ENG417)
Added on 2020-02-24
ENG417 Sustainability - Hydraulic Fracturing
Sustainability (ENG417)
Added on 2020-02-24
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HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN THE NT (NORTHERN TERRITORY DARWIN CITY,AUSTRALIAStudent’s NameClassTutor’s NameInstitution’s NameCity Date
Fracking 1ContentsHYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN THE NT (NORTHERN TERRITORY DARWIN CITY, AUSTRALIA........................................................................................................................................0Introduction...........................................................................................................................................1Fracking in the NT..................................................................................................................................3Hydraulic Fracturing Potential...............................................................................................................4Hydraulic Fracturing and the Environment............................................................................................5The Hydraulic Fracturing Impacts from The Shale Gas extraction.........................................................5Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................10References...........................................................................................................................................12
14Fracking 2IntroductionThe process of fracturing which is another name of hydraulic fracturing is applicable in the drill holes after their completion in natural gas wells. The process involves using material andfluids for the creation and/or restoring of fractures in an attempt to form a stimulation in the production from new and/or existing oil and gas wells. The application of this procedure allows one to be able to access trapped natural gas. The natural gas involved is one that has not been extracted before by the use of extraction by traditional methods. The main topic of concern is that the process is the injection of chemicals together with the use of water into thedrilled wells. In this method, there has been a controversy due to the worries in the injection of chemicals into the ground. The chemicals that are applied in hydraulic fracturing are deemed to be harmful. They could be harmful in underground or during theory handling on the surface during injection or transportation. These chemicals pose threat to soil, water, and air since they are environmentally hazardous. This report avoids detailed structuring in the process and steps of this practice, however, an understanding of the mechanism involved in the fracking process could be of assistance when explaining the threats and hazards fracturingaffects the environment. Not only does it affect the environment but the human health too. The report, therefore, investigates the potential in the usage of hydraulic fracturing during extraction of hydrocarbon deposits in the onshore resources in the NT of Australia. The report goes on to investigate impacts that hydraulic fracturing has on the farming operations that exist, the quality of ground water together with other activities being conducted in the NT. Usually, any mining source raises the debating energy against food. Hydraulic fracturing is also not left out since it is a similar practice. In the fracas, anyone involved is deemed to side with any notion that seems important to the involved individual of the present age and
14Fracking 3day. No secret is there when the hydraulic fracturing process is begun as the mining has a number of risk and damage factors that affect the environment. The mining process is researched on and has been proved to have an extensive damage that is large and devastating to the environment and its living occupants. These same implications can be felt in the Northern Territory too. The people who are most likely to oppose fracking process are those who live in the surrounding region. These inhabitants see the mining process as an act that will directly have an effect on their lives in a negative way. Research shows that most people are attached to their land and are driven by their emotions to protect it. It is an influence from the customs and traditions of the people. Hence the opposition to the fracking process in the NT. The views of such people should never be neglected since, in the conduction of the practice, the communities in the neighboring environment have to be considered before initiating the process. However, it should be important to draw from the numerous impacts and issues that come with the practice in the UK and the USA experiences. This is so becausethe fracking process is not a brand new procedure hence effects can be considered before its application in the NT of Australia. These two countries have largely applied the process and can be put as examples in instigating the hydraulic fracturing process[ CITATION Kuk16 \l 1033 ]. Fracking in the NTAn exploration of the fracking potential process is in the extraction of the onshore deposits containing hydrocarbon resources in the NT region of Australia. An analysis of the general views from the public in the matter regarding the procedure can be done. The analysis is majorly conducted by the government of the NT area and below are a number of the fact points regarding the progress of the fracturing procedure[ CITATION Alt12 \l 1033 ].
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