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

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
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

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