fracker
Underground pressure injector
A fracker is someone who engages in hydraulic fracturing—the process of injecting high-pressure fluid into rock to extract oil or natural gas.
The term often carries political charge, used by opponents of the practice to personify environmental concerns: The frackers are poisoning our groundwater.
Industry workers may embrace or reject the label depending on context.
Equipment arrangement or vehicle
Subsurface excavation parallel to ground
- wellboreDrilled subsurface hole
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
- stimulationEvoking a response
- perforationHole punched through something
completion · cementing · casing · sand · gel · water usage
Harm to natural systems
- water contaminationHarmful substances in drinking supply
- earthquakesSudden ground movement
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- activismDirect effort for reform
protest · regulation · moratorium · lobbying · opposition · backlash · public health · methane emissions
Oil platform laborer
- drillerOne who bores holes
- roustaboutUnskilled transient worker
- company manEmployee devoted to employer
- petroleum engineerDesigns oil extraction methods
rig
Equipment arrangement or vehicle
horizontal drilling
Subsurface excavation parallel to ground
- wellboreDrilled subsurface hole
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
- stimulationEvoking a response
perforation · completion · cementing · casing · sand · gel · water usage
environmental damage
Harm to natural systems
- water contaminationHarmful substances in drinking supply
- earthquakesSudden ground movement
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
activism · protest · regulation · moratorium · lobbying · opposition · backlash · public health · methane emissions · groundwater
roughneck
Oil platform laborer
- drillerOne who bores holes
- roustaboutUnskilled transient worker
- company manEmployee devoted to employer
Permian
Late Paleozoic geological period
unconventional · play · formation · basin · sweet spot · lateral · EUR · acreage
- fracking boom
- fracking banProhibition on hydraulic fracturing
- Frick and FrackInseparable comic duo
- fracking siteHydraulic drilling operation location