NLHFRP

Hydraulic fracturing is a well stimulation technique designed to enhance fluid flow and well productivity. In the course of this process, a fluid is mixed with sand and chemicals. This mixture is injected at high pressure into a wellbore creating small fractures in the subsurface geological formations that have been isolated for hydraulic fracturing purposes. These fractures allow for an increased flow of hydrocarbons into the wellbore. This technique is very common in wells drilled for shale gas, shale oil, tight gas, tight oil, coal seam gas and hard rock wells. This well stimulation process is usually conducted once in the life of the well, however, there has been an increasing trend towards multiple hydraulic fracturing operations as production declines... A fracturing treatment occurred in the Flat Bay area in Western Newfoundland in 2004. No hydraulic fracturing has occurred on the west coast since 2004. Additional work has been proposed for several areas of Western Newfoundland..

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