Hydraulic fracturing is the process that oil drilling
companies like Alfaro Oil and Gas LLC use in order to obtain natural gas and crude oil resources from the shale rock formations located underneath the earth’s surface.
In recent years, explains San Antonio business leader Brian Alfaro,
crude oil obtained from shale rock
formations has become a major energy resource in the United States because the
oil and natural gas that we obtain from the rocks can be used here and the
price is determined by US oil companies instead of being determined by those in
foreign countries. This is one of the reasons why we need more oil and natural
gas drilling to be done here in the United States so that we will be able to
control the fuel prices and help our nation’s economy survive.
In order to obtain fuel through the process of fracking a
combination of water, salt, sand and various chemicals is injected at a very
high pressure into the shale rock formations. This unique combination works to
force the natural gas and crude oil resources out of the rock and throughout
the well bore up to the earth’s surface so that it may be collected by oil
company workers through the pipes. The water that comes from below the earth’s
surface through this process is known as produced water.
While there is a lot of controversy surrounding the processof drilling for oil and natural gas here in the United States there are many
benefits that we as a nation could get out of the fracking process. There have been many
improvements to the drilling methods that are performed by oil companies over
the years and geologists and other scientists are constantly working to provide
us with cleaner and more eco-friendly ways to drill for natural resources.