Environmental
Jan. 29, 2015
California's evolving fracking regulation
Last month, the Office of Administrative Law approved the final regulations on well stimulation treatments, or fracking, that will go into effect this July. Here's what to expect. By Joshua S. Hopstone
Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," is an oil and gas well stimulation treatment by which a pressurized mix of water, sand and chemicals is injected into a wellbore to create small fractures in rock formations deep underground, increasing the flow of liquid hydrocarbons trapped within. The process has been actively used by oil and gas producers in California for decades, without a single publicly reported instance of groundwater c...
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