hydraulic fracturing

See also: Hydraulic Fracturing

English

hydraulic fracturing (uncountable)

(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.

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

Afrikaans: hidrobreking
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Basque: haustura hidrauliko
Catalan: fracturació hidràulica f, hidrofracturació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 水力壓裂／水力压裂 (shuǐlì yāliè), 水力劈裂 (shuǐlì pīliè)
Finnish: vesisärötys (fi), frakkaus (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: 수압파쇄법 (suap'paswaebeop), 프래킹 (peuraeking)
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, hidrofracturación f
Swedish: hydraulisk spräckning c
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: ffracio hydrolig m

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