267
coronavirus pandemic, 175
COVID-19, 175
development of, 175
electricity generation, 176–179
energy industry, 177
energy produces waste gases, 155
energy storage devices, 180
energy transition, 176
environmental damage, 177
externalized costs, 208
fracking, 175
GHG emissions, 181, 182
human civilization, 203
human modifications, 155
hydropower, 178
India, 181
industrial revolution, 175
industrialized world, 181
low-cost electricity, 175
nuclear power, 178
oil and gas, 176
oil companies, 175
oil-fired electricity, 177
photovoltaics, 179
political leadership, 180
power companies, 176
primary energy sources, 178
renewable energy sources, 177
shale gas, 181
society/taxpayers, 177
solar generate electricity, 179
solar power, 181
solar power towers, 180
steel manufacture, 176
stock market, 175
sustainability, 203
sustainable clean energy technology, 177
sustainable energy, 176
technological solutions (see Technological
solutions, fossil fuels)
technology, 181
United States, 181
vehicles, 248
Wall Street, 175
wind turbine, 179
Fossil-fueled vehicles, 221
Fourth Arab-Israeli War, 64
FracFocus website, 34, 109
Frack additives, 145
Frack barrier, 9
Frack chemicals, 10
additives, 34
EPA consolidated list, 34
formulations, 34
FracFocus, 34
hydraulic fracturing, 34
issues, 34
low concentrations, 33
organic chemical breaks, 34
Frack fluid, 10
chemical additives, 34
crude oil and naphtha gel, 17
ethylene glycol, 105
flowback, 31
gas pressure, 30
hydrostatic pressure gradient, 28–29
migration, 28
mobile water phase, 31
slickwater, 28
solid mineral crystals, 31
suspensions, 29
Frack gate, 26, 32
Frack sand, 34
Frack stages, 111
Frack vs. frac controversy
AAPG and SPE, 19
English and French, 19
fracktivists, 18
O&G industry, 19
opponents, 19
shale gas production process, 18
technical publications, 19
trivial, 19
Fracked events, 133
Fracked gas, 215, 246
Fracked shale well, 9
Fracking
environmental studies, 7
high-permeability flowpaths, 23
liquid filling, 8
natural barriers, 9
operations, 24
origin, 17
proppant material, 8
shales, 9
Fracking ban, 246
actual explosives, 188
anti-fracking message, 193
barbaric technology, 193
carbon dioxide emissions, 190
climate change, 189
coal combustion emits, 189
coal industry, 193
contained methane gas, 192
domestic natural gas, 194
domestic oil shortages, 189
Index
coronavirus pandemic, 175
COVID-19, 175
development of, 175
electricity generation, 176–179
energy industry, 177
energy produces waste gases, 155
energy storage devices, 180
energy transition, 176
environmental damage, 177
externalized costs, 208
fracking, 175
GHG emissions, 181, 182
human civilization, 203
human modifications, 155
hydropower, 178
India, 181
industrial revolution, 175
industrialized world, 181
low-cost electricity, 175
nuclear power, 178
oil and gas, 176
oil companies, 175
oil-fired electricity, 177
photovoltaics, 179
political leadership, 180
power companies, 176
primary energy sources, 178
renewable energy sources, 177
shale gas, 181
society/taxpayers, 177
solar generate electricity, 179
solar power, 181
solar power towers, 180
steel manufacture, 176
stock market, 175
sustainability, 203
sustainable clean energy technology, 177
sustainable energy, 176
technological solutions (see Technological
solutions, fossil fuels)
technology, 181
United States, 181
vehicles, 248
Wall Street, 175
wind turbine, 179
Fossil-fueled vehicles, 221
Fourth Arab-Israeli War, 64
FracFocus website, 34, 109
Frack additives, 145
Frack barrier, 9
Frack chemicals, 10
additives, 34
EPA consolidated list, 34
formulations, 34
FracFocus, 34
hydraulic fracturing, 34
issues, 34
low concentrations, 33
organic chemical breaks, 34
Frack fluid, 10
chemical additives, 34
crude oil and naphtha gel, 17
ethylene glycol, 105
flowback, 31
gas pressure, 30
hydrostatic pressure gradient, 28–29
migration, 28
mobile water phase, 31
slickwater, 28
solid mineral crystals, 31
suspensions, 29
Frack gate, 26, 32
Frack sand, 34
Frack stages, 111
Frack vs. frac controversy
AAPG and SPE, 19
English and French, 19
fracktivists, 18
O&G industry, 19
opponents, 19
shale gas production process, 18
technical publications, 19
trivial, 19
Fracked events, 133
Fracked gas, 215, 246
Fracked shale well, 9
Fracking
environmental studies, 7
high-permeability flowpaths, 23
liquid filling, 8
natural barriers, 9
operations, 24
origin, 17
proppant material, 8
shales, 9
Fracking ban, 246
actual explosives, 188
anti-fracking message, 193
barbaric technology, 193
carbon dioxide emissions, 190
climate change, 189
coal combustion emits, 189
coal industry, 193
contained methane gas, 192
domestic natural gas, 194
domestic oil shortages, 189
Index