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Welcome to Fracking Policy on Ballotpedia

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is the process of injecting fluid—mostly water and sand (or proppant), but with additional chemicals—into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release the hydrocarbons, including natural gas, inside. The use of hydraulic fracturing in combination with horizontal drilling has led to a boom in natural gas production by making access to the oil and gas in shale formations commercially viable.

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• State oil and gas activity on federal lands information
• Oil and natural gas extraction on federal land
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• Renewable Fuel Standard
• Renewable Portfolio Standard

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A natural gas rig in Shreveport, Louisiana

• Natural gas
• Frac sand
• Frack fluid
• Oil shale
• Shale play
• Methane
• Directional drilling
• Other fracking policy terms

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