Tag: hydraulic fracturing

From Engineering Marvels, a Turnaround in U.S. Oil Output

Mar 23, 2012

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by

mwkruse

in Environment, Technology (Energy)

New York Times: From Engineering Marvels, a Turnaround in U.S. Oil Output … Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have been around for years, but over the last five years, engineers have fine-tuned these and other techniques, even as many environmentalists worry about their impact on water and air. Computer programs have been developed to simulate…