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A technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well (or similar) in order to create fractures in the oil-bearing rock and thus release more oil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: oil industry
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Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
hidrobreking
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Basque:
haustura hidrauliko
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Catalan:
fracturació hidràulica
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Catalan:
hidrofracturació
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Chinese Mandarin:
水力壓裂 /水力压裂
(shuǐlì yāliè)
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Chinese Mandarin:
水力劈裂
(shuǐlì pīliè)
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Czech:
hydraulické štěpení
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Finnish:
vesisärötys
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Finnish:
frakkaus
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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French:
fracturation hydraulique
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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French:
hydrofracturation
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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French:
fracking
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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German:
Hydraulic Fracturing
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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German:
Fracking
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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German:
hydraulische Frakturierung
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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German:
hydraulisches Aufbrechen
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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German:
hydraulische Risserzeugung
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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German:
hydraulische Stimulation
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Greek:
υδραυλική θραύση
(ydravlikí thráfsi)
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Greek:
υδραυλική ρωγμάτωση
(ydravlikí rogmátosi)
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Indonesian:
peretakan
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Italian:
fratturazione idraulica
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Korean:
수압파쇄법
(suap'paswaebeop)
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Korean:
프래킹
(peuraeking)
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Polish:
szczelinowanie hydrauliczne
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Portuguese:
fraturamento hidráulico
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Portuguese:
fraturação hidráulica
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Portuguese:
fratura hidráulica
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Russian:
гидравли́ческий разры́в пласта́
(gidravlíčeskij razrýv plastá)
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Spanish:
fracturamiento hidráulico
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Spanish:
fractura hidráulica
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Spanish:
fracturación hidráulica
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Swedish:
hydraulisk spräckning
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Turkish:
hidrolik kırma
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Vietnamese:
nứt vỡ thuỷ lực
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
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Welsh:
ffracio hydrolig
— technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well