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Historical Nevada fracking information, 2000-2015
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This page contains historical information about fracking in Nevada. For more current information about fracking in Nevada, see this article.
According to USA Today, fracking first occurred in Nevada in March 2014. At that time, 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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3][4]
Laws and regulations
On August 28, 2014, the Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources approved a set of rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing in Nevada. The approval of these rules represented the completion of SB 390, adopted in June 2013, which mandated new regulations for oil and natural gas extraction in the state.[5]
These regulations required that fracking chemicals used during the fracking process be limited to those listed on the Division of Minerals' website (a division of the Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources). The regulations required that a waiver be granted by the Division of Minerals if other chemicals were used. Chemicals approved via waiver were required to be listed on FracFocus.org within 60 days of use. Baseline and subsequent water monitoring samples were also required for all water wells within one mile of a fracked well. The law also set requirements for flowback water and well cementing and casing.[6]
Fracking in the 50 states
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See also
External links
- U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Nevada Profile"
- Frac Focus, "National Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Registry"
Footnotes
- ↑ USA Today, "Rural county protests fracking in Nevada," June 1, 2014
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Reno Gazette-Journal, "State regulators allow fracking to start in Nevada," August 28, 2014
- ↑ Norton Rose Fullbright, "Nevada drafts hydraulic fracturing regulations," February 27, 2014
