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crapnoun(slang, mildly vulgar, uncountable) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
dammitnounThe saying of the interjection, used as a general measure of anything.
frakverb(slang, euphemistic) Fuck.
damnverb(sometimes vulgar) Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
hydrofrackingnounhydraulic fracturing
hydrofracturingnounHydraulic fracturing.
slickwaternounWater with chemical additives used in hydraulic fracturing.
base fluidnounThe fluid, most often water, used in hydraulic fracturing
microfracturingnoun(geology, uncountable) Process of rock formation involving breaking of another rock into fragments.
hydrofracturenoun(geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water
flaringnoun(oil industry) The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction; gas flaring.
hydraulickingnounhydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
proppantnounSand or similar particulate material suspended in water or other fluid and used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to keep fissures open.
frasch processnoun(inorganic chemistry) A method of extracting sulfur from underground deposits by pumping in superheated water.
cryofracturingnoun(geology) fracturing by means of freezing.
corefloodingnoun(geology) The permeability of a rock to a fluid, typically to a petroleum oil
overflushnounAn excess of something.
hydrofiningnoun(chemistry) A chemical engineering process in which hydrocarbons are hydrogenated and desulfurized catalytically as part of oil refining
gas flaringnounThe deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction.
static killnoun(oil industry) a method of closing an oil well, in which the blowout preventer has been tripped and has closed off oil flow; by pumping in drilling fluid (synthetic mud) through the blowout preventer down the borehole, to push down the artesian oil to contain the oil in its reservoir, and following with concrete (cement) to plug the hole

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