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Historical Kansas fracking information, 1860-2015
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This page contains historical information about fracking in Kansas. For more current information about fracking in Kansas, see this article.
As of 2014, detailed information about the extent to which fracking was used in Kansas was limited. The information below describes fracking and oil and gas production in Kansas generally.
Fracking background
- See also: Fracking
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a method of oil and natural gas extraction. The process involves injecting fluid into subterranean rock formation at a high pressure, creating a fracture network that allows the crude oil and natural gas inside dense rocks to flow into a wellbore and be extracted at the surface. The fluid used in this process is made up of sand and water, which comprise 95 percent of the fluid, and other chemical additives, which comprise less than 5 percent of the fluid.[1]
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), there were approximately 23,000 hydraulically fractured wells in the United States in 2000. By 2015, there were an estimated 300,000 hydraulically fractured wells. To learn more about fracking, see this article.[2][3]
History
The first oil well in Kansas was drilled in 1860 in Lykins County. According to the Kansas Geological Survey, the well was not produced little oil and was closed by the beginning of the Civil War. Hydraulic fracturing was first used in Kansas in 1947 in a gas field in Grant County. This event marked the first use of fracking in the United States. Between 1947 and 2012, fracking was used on some 57,000 wells in Kansas.[4]
Fracking in the 50 states
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See also
External links
- U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Kansas Profile"
- Frac Focus, "National Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Registry"
Footnotes
- ↑ Frack Wire, “What is Fracking,” accessed January 28, 2014
- ↑ University of Oklahoma, "Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources," accessed March 12, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Hydraulic fracturing accounts for about half of current U.S. crude oil production," March 15, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Geological Survey, "A Brief History of the Kansas Oil and Gas History," accessed July 24, 2014
