Historical North Carolina fracking information, 2000-2015
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This page contains historical information about fracking in North Carolina. For more current information about fracking in North Carolina, see this article.
As of 2015, detailed information about the extent to which fracking was used in North Carolina was limited. The information below describes fracking in North Carolina 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
Although there were no natural gas or crude oil reserves in North Carolina as of 2014, there were shale gas deposits in the state for which fracking could be feasible. On June 4, 2014, Governor Pat McCrory signed into law the Energy Modernization Act, which lifted a fracking moratorium that had been in place since 2012. North Carolina's fracking moratorium officially ended on March 17, 2015, after new regulations were enacted that enabled the state to issue permits for fracking.[4][5][6][7][8]
Fracking policy in the 50 states
Click on a state below to read more about that state's energy policy.'
See also
External links
- U.S. Energy Information Administration, "North Carolina 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
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedLifted - ↑ Climate Progress, "North Carolina To Lift Fracking Ban and Criminalize The Disclosure Of Fracking Chemicals," June 5, 2014
- ↑ Washington Times, "NC fracking rule revisions readied ahead of vote," November 10, 2014
- ↑ WRAL,"NC panel OKs rules needed for fracking permits," November 14, 2014
- ↑ WNCN ,"Air pollution mandate change for NC fracking signed into law," March 16, 2015
