hydraulic fracturing

hydraulic fracturing

See also: Hydraulic Fracturing

English

Noun

hydraulic fracturing (uncountable)

1. (oil industry) A technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well (or similar) in order to create fractures in the oil-bearing rock and thus release more oil.

Synonyms

• fracing, fracking
• hydrofracking

Translations

technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Basque: haustura hidrauliko Chinese: Mandarin: 水力壓裂, 水力压裂 (shuǐlì yāliè), 水力劈裂, 水力劈裂 (shuǐlì pīliè) Finnish: vesisärötys (fi) French: fracturation hydraulique (fr) f, hydrofracturation f, fracking (fr) m German: Hydraulic Fracturing n, Fracking (de) n, hydraulische Frakturierung f, hydraulisches Aufbrechen n, hydraulische Risserzeugung f, hydraulische Stimulation f Greek: υδραυλική θραύση f (ydravlikí thráfsi), υδραυλική ρωγμάτωση (el) f (ydravlikí rogmátosi)

Italian: fratturazione idraulica f Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: fraturamento hidráulico m, fraturação hidráulica f, fratura hidráulica f Russian: гидравли́ческий разры́в пласта́ m (gidravlíčeskij razrýv plastá) Spanish: fracturamiento hidráulico m, fracking m, fractura hidráulica f Swedish: hydraulisk spräckning c Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can