Fracking vs. Offshore Drilling
- Type: Research Paper • Category: Industry • Citation format: MLA • Words: 1051
Oil and gas are important catalysts of industrialization, economic growth and important household commodities. The method of obtaining these natural products revolves around onshore fracking and offshore drilling (Jackson et al., 2). Fracking is a type of hydraulic fracturing of shale or bedrocks utilizing high pressures of water, sand and additives in order to obtain natural gas and other petroleum products from underground. Offshore drilling involves mechanical drilling of wellbores below
