fracking

[frak-ing]

noun

1. hydraulic fracturing.

Other Word Forms

• frack verb (used with or without object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of fracking¹

Shortening and alteration

Example Sentences

Then in 2014, fracking for oil and gas started in the surrounding region, and the conurbation boomed.

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It is mostly footing the bill via a unique revenue source: distributions from a fund built with oil-and-gas revenues boosted by the fracking boom.

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The last time Wall Street went all-in on an industry was the fracking boom—then bust—over a decade ago.

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Both Liberty Energy and ProPetro, best known for their expertise in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have jumped headlong into the data- center game.

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Williams-Derry noted that offshore oil drilling is a speculative and risk-laden venture for oil companies, and prospects are better in fracking basins in Texas and New Mexico.

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