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Asked: November 18, 20192019-11-18T14:12:20+00:00 2019-11-18T14:12:20+00:00In: Energy

What will be the impact of banning hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas in the US?

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What will be the impact of banning hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas in the US?

The US shale gas has impacted the global oil and gas industry significantly in recent years. Fracking, a disputed technique for extracting oil and gas has become the discussion in the US election campaign. Will banning fracking damage the US energy industry?

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    1. Haseeb Level 6
      2019-11-23T15:36:37+00:00Added an answer on November 23, 2019 at

      Hydraulic fracturing refers to a technique that aims for the restoration of gas from shale rocks which are deeply bedded underground. The process includes millions of gallons of fluid (a mixture of water) sand and chemicals are injected at an extremely high pressure to break shale rocks.

      In recent years, the rapid adoption of hydraulic fracturing has made the US pioneer in the oil and gas industry, producing billions of barrels of oil and trillion of cubic feet natural gas. Fracking has become the dominant oil and gas extraction technique in the US.

      Over the past few years, hundreds of thousands of shale gas have been drilled throughout the country. According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), around 670,000 of the 977,000 producing wells (making 69% of the oil and natural gas) were hydraulically fractured drilled since 2016.

      The recent wave from several democratic presidential candidates has called for a ban on hydraulic fracturing in their election 2020 campaigns. They advised the government to ban fracturing and combat climate change.

      If the ban is successfully implemented then the implications would be severe. It will desolate the US energy sector, while the energy prices would skyrocket.

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    2. Optin Energy Level 3
      2019-11-25T14:24:48+00:00Added an answer on November 25, 2019 at

      A major implication would be job loses in the energy sector.

      Another impact would be a price rise.

      In one study which was conducted a few years back, estimated that in the case of banning fracking, the costs of gasoline and electricity would be almost doubled; and the living expense would increase by around $4,000 over a few years time. Not sure if that is true.  Appear exaggerated to me.

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    3. Electronics Guru Level 5
      2019-11-25T16:39:23+00:00Added an answer on November 25, 2019 at

      The ban on fracking would threaten US energy security and would increase dependence on imports.

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