Learn the Truth About Energy
What advanced energy technology is creating jobs and reducing our dependence on foreign oil?
For more than 60 years, America’s energy producers have relied on an innovative technology known as hydraulic fracturing to enhance the production of oil and natural gas. It’s a technique that allows us to capture more energy, more efficiently, with fewer wells drilled. Maybe that’s why nine out of 10 energy wells in operation in America today have been “fraced” at least once.
Already responsible for delivering more than 600 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and seven billion barrels of oil to American consumers, the technology will continue to be a critical tool for gaining access to the deepest-down, hardest-to-reach energy reserves. According to the National Petroleum Council, nearly 80 percent of all wells drilled in the United States over the next decade will require fracturing to remain viable.
Despite its longstanding record of safety and effective state regulation, many of the hard facts about hydraulic fracturing are not widely known, or have been misrepresented. Frac In Depth seeks to change that.
Follow the links below to learn more about this critical and misunderstood practice: What is hydraulic fracturing? How and why is it done? Is it safe? Is it tested? Is it monitored? What are the environmental advantages? And why does it remain a critical tool for creating new jobs, generating new revenue and putting us on a path toward greater energy security?
