1. HYDRO
FRACKING
KEN LAI

2. HYDRO FRACKING
1. Fracking Fluid
is pumped into
the ground
2. Gas is
retrieved
3. Flowback is
collected and
disposed

3. FRACKING HISTORY
• Stanolind Oil
1949 Limitation
• Napam • 800m Depth
thickened
gasoline • Vertical Drilling
• Limestone
formation

4. MODERN DAY
FRACKIN
• 90° bend in
drill
• 10,000m
vertical height
• Fracking Fluid

6. NATURAL GAS IN THE
UNITED STATES

7. MOTIVATION FOR
FRACKING
• Reduce Carbon
Emissions
• Reduce
dependence on
foreign energy
• Increase
Economic
stability
• Increase
demand for
energy

8. NATURAL GAS
CONSUMPTION

9. ECONOMY VS.
ENVIRONMENT

10. ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Local National
• Infrastructure • Lower energy
cost
• Small business
• Increase jobs
• Residence
incentives • Increase tax
collection
• Exporter of
natural gas

11. LOCAL ECONOMY
• Increase
visitors
• Spending
increase
• Fracking
incentives

12. NATIONAL ECONOMY
• $238b
economic
activity
• 1.7m jobs
• $62b tax
• Attracts
manufacturing
jobs

13. ENVIRONMENTAL
• Increased
greenhouse
gas emission
Hydro Fracking
• Water
Contamination
• Earthquake

14. GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSION

15. GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSION
• Air pollution
caused by
fracking
process
• Trucks
transporting
water
• Methane

16. WATER
CONTAMINATION
• Methane
• Radioactive
Waste
• Salt
• Fracking Fluid
Chemical

17. WASTE WATER
DISPOSAL
1) Disposal Well
2) Evaporating
pits
3) Drinking water
treatment
facilities

18. EARTHQUAKE
• Disposal well
• Increase
seismic activity
in central U.S.