This guy has the nicest voice.

@vishwanathiari

6 жыл бұрын

Silent Anarchy I second

@MrLolwut88

6 жыл бұрын

wow are you sure? for the longest time I thought it was that guy from Vice.

@codsniper31

6 жыл бұрын

I agree I want him to voice everything

@vishwanathiari

6 жыл бұрын

Jacks Parrow Watch till the end the name of narrator is given

@castle9165

6 жыл бұрын

Silent Anarchy, In actual fact he does

The animations in this video are fracking amazing!!!

@ekbergiw

6 жыл бұрын

pigs make Bacon you are my father

@colemattia6459

6 жыл бұрын

pigs make Bacon Pigs don't actully maek bacun. there skin is presed wich creates a hard substinse wich is boild into bacun

@ekbergiw

6 жыл бұрын

stop spreading your lies!!! Cole Mattia

@colemattia6459

6 жыл бұрын

I Ekberg I am not laieng i am 9 why wuld i li?

@colemattia6459

6 жыл бұрын

I Ekberg U noeb my father has cancer dont bee so meen

I worked for a fracking company a few years ago....mostly Northern Alberta.....It amazed me how they could control what was going on hundreds of feet underground.... fracturing different depths and areas.... different types of sand and chemical mixtures used to achieve different results....pretty amazing to see some big jobs with fifteen to twenty pump trucks with 2500 horsepower engine and pumps each running full throttle.....worked at it a couple of years .....will never forget the experience.....

@dave14256

2 жыл бұрын

Thats cool i was intrested in working on a rig after working in tunnling, out of curiosity did you guys use betinite or a mud rig to mix and check the flow of what was coming up? How big was the hole you drilled by the way, because we did 48in diameter bores with 5in hoses for lubrication and return to the mud rig. We had other utilities and were drilling horizontal so they were much bigger. Im going to guess your lubricating and return hoses were 2in diameter, corect me if im wrong.

@yestfmf

Жыл бұрын

Curious.....the gas coming out, what psi is it in the rocks? Is it mostly methane? I have heard that helium and sulphur dioxide are sometimes present?

@dave14256

Жыл бұрын

@@yestfmf back when I did directional drilling for the pipeline the two main gasses we were concerned about the most setting off our air monitors in the tunnel or trench from disturbing the earth were methane and sulfur dioxide. We dug and tunnled down 30-60ft so might be different fracking

@hightechredneck8587

Жыл бұрын

Same here I was a water tech working mostly in the spirit river area. It was interesting to watch the other crews do their thing while we got the water systems going. only issue I seen with the video was our sites only used around 1million liters of water but I guess some others must be far deeper or something.

@christopherbeddoe406

Жыл бұрын

@Photo Grapher, Pressure really depends on the Geology. Especially the Depth. In the Bakken depth varies from 6500+ ft. Generally you have 0.5 to 0.75 psi per ft of depth. Generally anything over 0.5 psi/ft is considered "over pressurized" meaning the reservoir naturally is at an elevated pressure. There is some helium and other gasses present in certain wells. I think it's more trace level. I was talking with someone who was proposing to try to test wells and map gas concentrations it in north dakota. Not sure if it got funded or not. SO2 is naturally present in some areas. Well's can become accidentally "Sour" through bacterial contamination whereby they start generating SO2 more and more SO2 after time. This is a bad time and can cause corrosion and other issues. which is why they are generally careful to pre-treat any water used for fracking or injection/production tests.

This is a good primer, well researched, and the broad concepts are correct, but there are some small omissions and inaccuracies 1) kickoff point is entirely dependent on the depth of the oil/gas. Normally ranges from a few thousand feet to as much as 17000 feet or greater 2) the horizontal can be 10,000+ feet long 3) the perforations are closer to 10 inches long, not one inch as stated. 4) the well is ready to frac pretty much right after drilling. There is some additional prep work, but it’s a matter of a few days, not months. 5) in addition to slick water there are thicker gels sometimes used, derived from the guar bean, which is used as an organic thickener for ice cream. The choice of fluid is highly dependent on the geometry of the fracture the engineer is attempting to create and the need to suspend sand. The disinfectants used vary but by far the most common is quatinary gluteraldehydes often used in toilet bowl cleaner. There are other options. This is crucially used because sulfate reducing bacteria found naturally in pond water can be pumped down the well and over time consume sulfur in the rock to make hydrogen sulfide, which is very poisonous, corrosive, and explosive. 6) it’s not just the frac water that comes back but also water that is naturally in the formation. Even non fractured wells produce some water. 7) the casing and cement comments are correct. Damage to the casing and cement is the single biggest concern when it comes to pollution concerns; however if the wells are engineered properly, damage during fracturing is not a concern at all. I would go so far as to say that failure during fracturing is a result of significant negligence in the design of the pipe, or in a serious defect of the pipe. Before fracturing, the pipe is pressure tested to validate that it is not compromised. The much bigger concern is what happens in the many years later as corrosive fluids produced can corrode or erode the pipe. 8) water usage is marginally higher now typically than the value they stated

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@GreenTimeEagle

3 жыл бұрын

Premium baby! Very low cost and great if you use KZread on multiple devices

@doowop25

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@rackt09

3 жыл бұрын

@@nonespecified1744 To each their own, but I pay for premium. Happy to never have to deal with ads.

@svetlanamuraviov6872

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@mosesmessiah9098

3 жыл бұрын

💀

Really love this unbiased channel, gives me a break from all of the media.

@johnlearoux

6 жыл бұрын

non bias? oh dear... some one has been propagandized. SMH

@rolandpruitt9500

6 жыл бұрын

john learoux Compared to CNN and Fox News, this is very unbiased.

@clovisthefirst492

6 жыл бұрын

not really, these guys came out as full blown leftists. they are as unbias as CNN is.

@hanss3147

6 жыл бұрын

clovis myers Be a centrist and the leftists will call you alt right and the conservatives will call you a libtard.

@Mooseplatoon

6 жыл бұрын

It's important to note that all media is inherently biased, and it's important to be cognizant of those biases even if you agree with what they're saying. Media does not deserve praise for being more honest than CNN or Fox News, because that isn't much of an achievement.

"Oh the frackin" "No, no not that" 😭

@antoniosollazzo5957

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@antoniosollazzo5957

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I thought😭

@KevinContrearas

2 жыл бұрын

🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️

@ahaansgoodstuff

2 жыл бұрын

lol

oh, the fracking?

@papapua688

3 жыл бұрын

i was looking for this comment hskjdks

@farrahmoanfalling7645

3 жыл бұрын

BAHSHSHHWVAZCZVZ

@saul-wv7fk

3 жыл бұрын

No, not that!

@saul-wv7fk

3 жыл бұрын

❌❌

@markosmic7018

3 жыл бұрын

BYEEEE

TED-ED Videos are the best teachers!

@cannae920

6 жыл бұрын

Gregg Jay I like how you don't type out"you" but still add the apostrophe in "u'll" lol

@cyrusbrooks3883

3 жыл бұрын

This is better. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eWWEpLulqMasYLA.html

When you are geologist but you still watched it cuz you like the animations :D

@a_luana

6 жыл бұрын

I'm developing fracking sand (propant) using biomass... I can give class about all off that, but the animations are so good that i can't stop seeing.

@gracef4647

6 жыл бұрын

innerFire same my dad works in the fracking department, mainly wastewater, so I know a lot about this stuff

@OutSideTheBoxFormat

6 жыл бұрын

I've been on many sites prior to , during and after fracking has occurred and each one went smoothly. Water isn't spoken in terms of gallons its referred to in barrels.

@johnbrown1290

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly! I often use them to simplify complex ideas and procedures to my friends who get lost in the jargon whenever I attempt to explain things geology related or otherwise.

@johnbrown1290

6 жыл бұрын

Luana da Rocha that's amazing! If you have a dedicated channel to that (or got some links to similar content) please share!

I got all Fracked up the other night, the gas release was amazing.

Who came here to find out what fracking is since vpdebate2020?

@localwillow9948

3 жыл бұрын

Me, they were talking about it for like 15 min and I had no idea what was happening

@oluwafemiajose948

3 жыл бұрын

I would think anyone enlightened and sophisticated enough to watch a vice presidential debate would have at least heard the term before.

@oluwafemiajose948

3 жыл бұрын

Politicians have been talking about it constantly for years at this point.

@thuphat1123

3 жыл бұрын

Biden helped obama regulate the fracking industry here in the US in exchange for giving his son Hunter Biden energy contracts from over seas.

@sourcarrots7266

3 жыл бұрын

My school sent me

I love that background music! Its so fitting yet so amazing.

I'm waiting for the comment that says, "I read this as "How does fucking work?"".

@pestcontrol7823

6 жыл бұрын

Did you?

@babotond

6 жыл бұрын

I first thought it is how does farming works

@spiffo5349

6 жыл бұрын

80% of the internet is dedicated to answering this question... I'm sure you can figure it out elsewhere if you are curious

@maxybaer123

6 жыл бұрын

I read it as "how does it fracking work" so not far off

Loved this video, not too long, very informative and actually helped me understand better this issue

@MadScientist267

2 жыл бұрын

Soo... You've been indoctrinated and are happy about it. Cool.

@spidaman0112

2 жыл бұрын

Some bs in this video so...

@iwishiwaswrongbutimnot517

Жыл бұрын

Honestly there is nothing factually information here. And to get an actual understanding u r going to have to devote more time in the length of the videos and mor time into research. Ted Ed is becoming a parody of what it started out to be.

@NewChannel-mm2zi

Жыл бұрын

​@@iwishiwaswrongbutimnot517 Please specify what exactly you disagree with, else people seeing your comment who do not have the same view as you will see you as an uninformed, uncaring individual.

@NewChannel-mm2zi

Жыл бұрын

​@@spidaman0112 Specify. This goes even more than the other person I responded to… this is an extremely aggressive statement against an important message: stop using greenhouse gases and use green (not just renewable) energy instead.

I'm very pleased to see that Ted Ed acknowledges and states, though briefly, that fracking doesn't use nearly as much water as other human activities, ESPECIALLY animal agriculture.

@AdamSmith-gs2dv

5 жыл бұрын

Plant agriculture uses more water than factory farming

@teiuq

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv you got to be joking?

@oskarfjortoft

2 жыл бұрын

I mean… the numbers they use when calculating the water usage of animal agriculture also incorporates things like the rain that has fallen on the ground used as pastures and other extremely disingenuous metrics, so using it in comparison to water usages for industrial applications is not really arguing “in good faith”

@dtsMQG

2 жыл бұрын

How big is the farm? How many cows? How long is the life cycle of a shale rig? I don't familiar with agriculture. But I do know there are 557 rigs active now in states. This is even not the highest number, the highest record was close to 900 rigs just before the epidemic. We can still manage when the surface water is polluted, but when the groundwater is polluted, what do you expect about the people who live around it?

@mtadams2009

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv I would think if your raising livestock you or someone else is raising crops too. They need to eat.

wow, this video cracks me up.

@ashclouds2139

6 жыл бұрын

What a cracking joke!

@take5730

6 жыл бұрын

Finally, a joke that doesn't use the word "fracking"!

@adamtoakley

6 жыл бұрын

They probably just broke under all the pressure

@pallingtontheshrike6374

6 жыл бұрын

I had to steel myself against that joke cementing in my brain - but it leaked.

@luukipuuk3537

6 жыл бұрын

Bhavee Rathod you're forcing it too much

Top marks. Really well explained + Loved the music on this

the animation and explanation is so amazing. I wish if Teded could have videos to explain out syllabus.

Helped in my exam prep. Absolute blessing of a video

I don't know you ppl make every single video so damn amazing.

2:09 slickwater should be called slickquid

The sound effects are lovely on this.

Very informative! I like this guy's narrations too!

This appeared in my algorith after watching BoJack Horseman. Fracking isn't a topic of discussion in my country (and I'm glad it's not even considered) but this really informed me well about it.

@Integrationist

3 ай бұрын

So y'all just import all of your petroleum products?

Lovely minimal clear animation. With just enough style to make it a visual treat.

This is well done with one notable exception. The lack of scale and context relative to depth of wellbore. The depictions online don’t show relative depth leading the public to believe that fracking happens right under their feet. The visual impact of such depictions elevates the risk beyond actual

Thank you for information, very clear presentation.

You guys did such an amazing job with this video! Fantastic!

@woox200sx

6 жыл бұрын

You mean - Fracktastic!

I love the way that Nitrogen fracking is completely ignored. I have been on frak jobs where there was less than 10,000 gallons of water used with nitrogen as a propellant which saved 10's of thousands of gallons of water by forcing the water down hole under more pressure than could be achieved by regular hydraulic fracturing. Plus the residue was cleaner than hydraulic only fracking. Another benefit to nitrogen is the well bore could be cleaned easier with nitrogen than fluids. Hydrogen is also I believe 78% of the atmosphere we breathe so it is relatively harmless to humans. Nitrogen will also eventually return to the atmosphere naturally to be used again and again.

@bruceg7577

2 жыл бұрын

@Shell m The frac wings go nowhere near the water table. It would have to be a totally bolloxed frac job for that to happen. Any surfacec water pollution has to come from a different source, such a improper disposal of the frac fluids or failure of the surface casing

@markfaulkner8965

2 жыл бұрын

When I lived in the frac fields of southern Colorado they would come out once a week and “burp” the well heads… shooting an atomized stream of condensate and I am assuming toxic particulate 30-40 feet into the air to eventually cover the landscape as it fell. The only thing I really noticed that suggested there was contamination was the piles of thick foam in the rain runoff. We had a similar toxic foam appear when the dams at Stringfellow Acid Pits in Riverside CA burst…. NOT saying they are equals.

@MrHossola

2 жыл бұрын

No hydrogen is not 78%....

@stex5150

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrHossola My apologies I used Nitrogen 5 or 6 times and do not know how I put Hydrogen in there. Nitrogen makes up 78% of our atmosphere.

@stex5150

2 жыл бұрын

@@markfaulkner8965 I would say that if any local or State Government agency allowed any oil or service company to discharge any well product into the atmosphere allowing contaminates to "cover the landscape as it fell" needs to be reported up the line to the Feds. Obviously they do not care about Federal Regulations, land owners or the public in general. Any time our wellheads were purged it was into a capture tank. By the use of Nitrogen instead of large quantities of Fracing fluids recovery needs were significantly reduced.

Very well made. Brilliant animation, effects

As a proponent of fracking. I was surprised to find this video so evenhanded. The water issue is overblown, however, probably for being outdated. The fracking industry can change so quickly, information six months old can be irrelevant.

4:52 Wow South America lost a lot of weight

@meatballsubba4045

5 жыл бұрын

*wheeze*

@engineergaming5478

5 жыл бұрын

*south americans*

@vaprin2019

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesfleet-thompson9877 This comment is pure gold

@redhotchilipepper432

3 жыл бұрын

this cracked me up when i paused the video here dude

Thank you for sharing this video. I had no idea what fracking was. Very informative.

Best Video I could yet find on this topic, love it!

The earthquakes produced by fracking are only 3rd magnitude, therefore they will barely be felt. The UK has already had 5th magnitude earthquakes, and in medieval times a single 6th magnitude earthquake - those are the ones that might cause damage. The little 3rd magnitude earthquakes do not cause damage.

Very good informational video on fracking. It is informative and unbiased and states reasons for controversy surrounding it.

love your vids they give alot of knowledge

@Hanesboi

6 жыл бұрын

And the animation was outstanding wasn't it?

@colemattia6459

6 жыл бұрын

AandA tv its nat kowlegde its called smart nes

Thanks for the video. Nice and clear and informative

Very informative and well put together! Thank you!

I know fracking, from the simpsons "Our water is on FIREE!!!"

When I was at a fracking sight for the first time, I was and still amazed that salt water, or the ocean still exist under ground even though it's hundreds of miles away..

@bruceg7577

2 жыл бұрын

Once you get deeper than a couple hundred feet into the ground, there's no water but salt water. Much of it is extremely salty

@adamsteinhardt6393

2 жыл бұрын

And to add to it, there is no empty rock. All rock underground is saturated is some combination of fluids. The vast majority is salt water, but there is also hydrocarbons ranging from methane to C8+, CO2 all produced from “decaying” organic matter, Nitrogen, and even in some rare circumstances Helium (from the decay of radioactive minerals). I’m not aware of any deep fresh water sources, and another interesting fact is there is a massive amount of lithium and other rare earth minerals in groundwater.

@intruderIG

2 жыл бұрын

@@bruceg7577 salt water is still a water

@kermithoffpauir2596

2 жыл бұрын

That is in all oil wells and has been that way since oil was drilled.

@DominoDonaldson

2 жыл бұрын

People think renewable energy is clean and reliable, but the fact is all wind turbines, solar, and most all “green” energy is built from petroleum. Also those “good for the environment” processes are maintained with oil based products. I work on a drilling rig in west Texas, where we have over 3000 turbines in our county. That “clean” energy leaks hydraulic Fluid, and grease all over the ground over time. The hundreds of gas powered truck used to transport thousands of gallons of oil based lubricants every day to maintain the turbines are dependent on the production of oil wells. Renewable energy, isn’t so renewable.

first ted talk I have seen that seems to not have any bias, I like it

excellent breakdown for beginners and laymen ... thank you

I feel smart for knowing this. Thanks, gcse chemistry.

1:20 The way the animation was done makes it look like if the homeworld gems invaded the earth and suceeded, also great animation Ted-Ed this is of the best i''ve seen.

Getting ready to start my new job driving a big rig delivering frac sand in Wyoming. I can't wait to get out of the South Texas summer heat.

Thank you! I needed this for a school assignment

What is fracking? "Well, when a Mommy well and a daddy well love eachother very much, they-"

@melon4738

3 жыл бұрын

“Oh, that one”

MISLEADING / MANIPULATIVE EXPLANATION ! I noticed that this is the newest and most viewed video explaining fracking(I would also trust TedEd) BUT -This video was made in order to induce a bad opinion about hydraulic fracturing to the general public. It’s a neat combination between true facts and total B.S. I will try to explain. Keep in mind that nowadays, this process is usually happening at a vertical depth of 1-6 km. Anything that happens at surface can be easily controlled. Breakdown-starting from ~1:47: Acids make up a very small part of what's involved in this process. One could argue that the use of acids was reduced by the introduction of modern fracking. Slickwater can be classified in 2 main categories (99% of the cases). The first is guar and its derivatives. By the standards of this video, i could also refer to guar as a legume. If you do a google search on "guar", you will learn that it's sourced from nature and mainly used in the food industry - Right here, on the surface of the earth, exactly the place where pollution is a problem). The 2nd one is Acrylamide derivatives(invented and also predominantly used on the surface of the earth). EX: In United Kingdom, approximately 12,000 tons of polyacrylamide is used in the paper production industry annually. Fracking in the UK probably uses no more than 50t per year(most of which stays in the ground). Interesting read here: ukessays.com/essays/biology/acrylamide-with-chemical-formula.php . Disinfectant is also a very small part of the process (0.0001%). This is usually chloride and its derivatives. I'm fairly sure that worldwide, more of this is used by the water park industry alone than by hydraulic fracturing. Going further, from ~2:55 - the produced fluids can be handled safely- it’s just a matter of enforcing the rules on how to do this. Here is where lack of care, corruption and/or incompetence make their mark. Radioactive material is also very negligible compared to what’s mined and used on the surface in nuclear energy and other applications. Salt - Need I remind you about the salt from the oceans? Heavy metals - the amount fades away in comparison with what’s used by the battery industry ~3:35 All O&G wellbores in the world feature 3 or more barriers in this zone. If rules are enforced properly, the water table safe from harm. Everything is done in order to extract more hydrocarbons. Fracking into water is seen as a failure. The seismicity created by a moving train or truck is significantly bigger and more frequent than the one generated by fracking. The fact is that hydraulic fracturing has been around since the 40s. It has evolved as a secondary result of the advances made in the chemical industry. We use much more than what’s criticized in this video on the surface of the earth in unrelated applications. Much more important is the fact that hydraulic fracturing has delayed the moment when the world will experience a shortage of hydrocarbons. Some people were expecting extreme shortages to happen starting around 2020. This was a hot topic in the 1990s but forgotten right now. As we all know, energy shortages can easily lead to WAR. EX: The Iraq war(widely regarded as influenced by oil) began in 2003. Fracking boomed in 2007. The war officially ended in 2011. MIC DROP….

@robertlamarjr1702

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂👌

@BobRooney290

11 күн бұрын

if i can make billions off the dohpes in PA that think fracking is safe, then i'm all for it. no need to even bribe them when they are so easily manipulated. i dont care if fracking contaminates their water as long as i make my profit margin. its not like you are getting any major intellectuals from those communities anyway. and if entire families drop, the company can easily take their lands and add more wells. a win win.

So cool. Great video. We have to do more fracking carefully!

You frac oil wells as well You actually frac in any rock containing oil if it is low permeability You dont use acid in hydraulic fraccing You use proppant not clay. Most chemical additive is guar, a natural product (made from beans)

Thank you for such a helpful overview. I feel like I finally understand more of the controversy!

@kma3647

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could say it was helpful, but without numbers and context provided by a knowledgeable engineer, it's little more than an introduction. They used radiation symbols all over the place to scare people. They talked about earthquakes without mentioning magnitude. They mention methane emissions as if that's not literally what LNG is, and without acknowledging that because that's the target to harvest, fracking companies have no intention of losing any of it if they can help it. That's profit leaking out. The geologist might explain why the layers are drilled the way they are, and what is known about long-term impacts as well as the extent of the reserves available (it's HUGE). The engineer could give more context to the safety measures put into place specifically to protect groundwater and regarding the handling of the fracking fluid. Concentrations of those components is everything, and again, we have no numbers. This is a technology which is literally life-sustaining. We're talking about shutting it down with no viable alternative capable of replacing the sheer volume of energy we consume. This deserves more honest discussion.

@eddarby469

Жыл бұрын

My biggest problem is the diagrams are not to scale. When they say "deep below the surface" they mean DEEP BELOW THE SURFACE! The diagram implies it is only 300-500 feet down.

프래킹이 어떻게 되는지와 지구에 미치는 나쁜영향에 대하여 배우는 시간이 되었습니다. 무었이 나쁘다고만 생각하는 것이 아닌 깊이 왜 그런가에 대하여 배우는것이 훨신 더 흥미로운것 같습니다. 좋은 영상 감사합니다.

Thanks for your detailed & understandable info-clip!

“... but a greater question hangs in the air” LMAO BRO GOOD ONE

Fantastic, beautifully explained. God bless you immensely. What a simple but an ample explanation it is !

The ending was so deep

he attac he protecc but most importantly... he fracc

Oklahoma where we have many disposal sites. We have been having many many more earthquakes a year starting in like 201 We had 3 earthquakes happen all within a small 4 square mile patch of land (36.351482, -97.356713) this year alone. If you look on the satellite view you will see a large disposal site in this small patch of land.

Thank you for an informative and unbiased explanation of the technology.

@newmanattack

5 ай бұрын

It is a little biased.

Thers a very good Freakonomics Radio Podcast on the man who invented Fracking, its part of a five part series on Oil and how it gets from the ground to the pump

@deus_ex_machina_

6 жыл бұрын

Tenacious Doves Love that show. Also checkout NPR if you haven't already.

@saulgarcia7083

6 жыл бұрын

Tenacious Doves where is the show

Great video. Thanks for the info

Very informative ,thank you.

Just love these vids!

@Hanesboi

6 жыл бұрын

me too

This is a really good explanation and easy to understand to anyone!

Wow! what a good channel I've found. It's useful to improve my English and learn about interesting issues :)

Thank you for this informative video.

I'm early and I love y,our educational vids keep it up plz

The most efficient energy needs to be used while we learn to make newer, cleaner energies like Nuclear and Solar cleaner and more efficient. Just need to do Fracking away from cities... Research Solar... and get people to stop being afraid of Nuclear. Nuclear power has less carbon emissions and waste than Solar.

@truthbetold506

3 жыл бұрын

AND don't forget wind power I really think that's good too.

@truthbetold506

3 жыл бұрын

I think BIDEN should stop it , but give those companies enough time to change over , I understand that some companies that's all they know , they just got to find other ways to drill .

@TnT_F0X

3 жыл бұрын

@@truthbetold506 Wind is actually a very big danger to bird populations, Very damaging to the environment... just in a different way. I think TRUMP should make some changes to the Nuclear power restrictions, it really is the safest, cleanest power we have right now. Even vs solar because of the carbon pollution from manufacturing the panels. Once you have a Nuclear plant the carbon output is virtually zero, and is actually simpler in terms of manufacture and upkeep than solar. The Math and failsafe systems are complex, but the make up is just rods, moderators, and shielding surrounded by water.

@joeschneider3894

3 жыл бұрын

Germany has a bigger proportion of its energy from wind and solar than just about any other country. Yet they pay significantly more for their energy than France does and release significant more carbon into the air. Why? Because when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining, they rely on fossil fuels to keep their country running. While France gets about 80% of its energy from nuclear. Is nuclear perfect? Nope. But if you genuinely believe the world will be too far gone to save within the next 8-10 years, you’d be crazy not to pick nuclear over basically anything else. Massive amounts of energy, minimal greenhouse gas emissions. We can bury the waste wherever we want to. Out in the middle of deserts. Better than contaminating people’s drinking water or bringing about massive climate changes.

@TnT_F0X

3 жыл бұрын

@Aya M Nuclear can do it

I just started working as a frac hand, definitely dont wanna do it for very long but the money is good in an area with very few opportunities due to immigration policy.

Thank you for the great video!

Nice video, very well explained. Many oil companies (in Canada anyway) are shifting away from fresh water usage and are fracing with produced water instead. Much cheaper and doesn’t use up any fresh water resources. Also, most companies dispose of the flow back water into disposal wells, never to be seen again. This information has been so twisted and manipulated by the media, nice to see someone finally explaining it properly.

@vivekp4854

2 жыл бұрын

I can't trust anyone anymore, the media always lies about fossil fuels while oil companies do their best to avoid any responsibilities for any of their mistakes. Even researching on my own leads to the biased perspective of whoever's wrote the article.

@Cj-yw8cs

2 жыл бұрын

Haliburton will not use produced water

@Jackofalltrades837

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cj-yw8cs we use Trican and Element, both have no issues fracing with clean produced water.

@adamsteinhardt6393

2 жыл бұрын

Halliburton definitely will use produced water, but the salinity must be low enough to work with the friction reducer. This is true of any company.

@jilloutthebox1381

Жыл бұрын

Coastal gas link has no right to construct fracked gas pipeline on sovereign Wet’suwet’an territory!

The reason we fracture wells is that the shale that contains the natural gas has very small pores in it, in contrast with a more open sandstone. In a conventional formation, the natural gas can flow for several hundred feet to get to the well. In a tight formation, it flows much more slowly. Adding the fractures allows much more gas to flow to the well for much longer, making the well viable. Hydraulic fracturing has been used for about 60 years in other types of wells, but only recently has been applied to natural gas wells. This technique has doubled our recoverable natural gas supply and reduced our greenhouse gas production to below the targets set at the Paris Agreement (I bet you don't hear that from many climate activists).

@adamsteinhardt6393

Жыл бұрын

Or the rock has really good porosity, but the pores are not connected so nothing can flow Thru the rock without creating that connection.

@funoff3207

Жыл бұрын

Not addressing that, long term, it's a complete waste of time

Beautifully explained

It really helps me in my power point presentation

What the hell Ted Ed, I thought you were supposed to be a family fri oooooh *fra*cking nevermind

@boborson5536

6 жыл бұрын

Dont tell me how to live my life!

@JackieWelles

6 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Anderson someone watched too much Trevor Noah? xD

2:54 How can there be radioactive material in the flowback liquid?

@lo_end_frequencies2626

3 жыл бұрын

There's naturally formed radioactive elements in the earth. Hence why its in our periodic table

@luc7478

5 ай бұрын

I'll try to explain it as simple as possible: hydraulic fracturing is used in Shale reservoirs. and those shale reservoir have a geological term called "source rock" one of the interesting characteristics of source rocks is that they're very radioactive than most rocks, they released high gamma rays and have very high concentrations of Uranium. because sauce rocks contains " organic matter " Wich is the hydrocarbon we're trying to extract. during exploration and drilling we can find those reservoirs by measuring gamma rays. so it's a good indicator. however during production and using Hydraulic fracturing. the fluids gonna make contact with those shale reservoirs and some of the radioactive minerals gonna get dissolved in the flowback. I hope it's a bit clearer. remember shale in general are radioactive compared to other rocks but Source Rock shale is Super radioactive (3 Times more radioactive than standard shale )

Very helpful! Many thanks!

Beautiful animation!

This guy could put me to sleep with his voice..... it’s just so soothing. 😴🤤

I was watching a bunch of RuPaul’s Drag Race videos and this shows up in my recommended and I just-

@kirsten2080

3 жыл бұрын

oh the fracking?

@ombrenightcores4153

3 жыл бұрын

kenta x SOMEONE GOT IT

@danielsmit11

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't know rupaul was a race car driver.

@tamerbulmus2721

3 жыл бұрын

what is the related topic with Ru paul drag race I didn't understand you

Great information, cheers!

Amazing content! Thank you

We simply cannot produce enough power to crack the rock from the bottom of the well to the water table. The water table is above an impervious rock/clay layer. This layer remains intact thus not chemicals enter the ground water supply. While you might get some flaws in the casing, the gas will follow the easiest path, the well head. This issue with the water is the disposal. The options are injection wells and new facilities are being built to handle this water. The pads are designed to prevent spills, they work as swimming poles. The sealed pads, casing and disposal facilities are there. There are faults all over the country and earthquakes have been caused by mining, construction and even just because the land is decompressing from glaciers. While it isn't harmless it isn't the danger it is presented to. There is a a lot time, engineering, inspection, money and oversight over these operations. Many people working and building these facilities live in the areas, they care what happens to the land, they care about their family farm of the last 200 years. There are incidents and things happen, but they are isolated and few in number. Short term, this is the best option.

@cmdr1911

2 жыл бұрын

@Tbone only work for independents and start ups

@cmdr1911

2 жыл бұрын

@Tbone Everyone is biased, I have left the industry for different construction. Durring my time I was discharged by clients for holding them to environmental standards, worked clean ups for spills, advised/consultated for government agencies and live in the area I have worked. I worked to establish new and more stringent management processes for third parties. The industry does do good but comes with risks. Thise risks need to be managed and monitored. The 2008 era was wild, tech out stripped regulations and that is were many of the issues arose until the agencies could keep up. In Ohio ODNR didnt catch up till 2015 and they are still tighting as they should.

I was following along until I noticed a single string of casing in the well. That may have been commonplace a long time ago, but not in the last 22 years I've been in the patch. Today, you'd actually have three layers of pipe and cement that are protecting drinking groundwater tables. They are conductor, intermediate, and then finally your production string. In west Texas average kickoff is roughly 10,000' vertical depth, the average fracture typically extend less than 500' from the well bore........or 9500' vertical depth. Don't think thats going to contaminate your water supply typically found around 200' vertical depth in this particular area. You mentioned the volume of water used could affect a city's water availability. This could be true if the fracking companies used city water........this is not typically the case. In the area where I work, companies drill water wells near the frac locations and fill "ponds" or storage vessels for frac operations. This is done in such a manner where residents wouldn't even see a change in water pressure or volume. Its not to say that drilling and fracking is not as dangerous as any other job out there, like chemical plants, power plants, etc. And there can definitely be accidents. But there are regulations that have to be followed that are in place to protect the environment as well as people.

@EyasAbuElhouf

3 жыл бұрын

The video is very misleading and obviously was made by someone who doesn’t know much about oil and gas industry.

@yahtotv5492

3 жыл бұрын

Johnathan good reply and as a fellow Texan that spent 25 years in the oil and gas industry I found this video just another propaganda piece by people that have no clue what they are talking about. The video does not even come close to telling the truth. I have done acid jobs and frac jobs on wells on a many different depths. The majority of wells drilled are not horizontal as the video shows. And the majority of frac jobs done do not take the large amounts of water claimed. The vast majority of frac jobs are a simple water, silica, sand mix that requires 1 to 2 truck loads of water. The video does not touch of the differences in depth per well, the differences between shell formations, is the well a horizontal drill or not, ect. Just another pathetic piece of information by someone that has no clue.

@johnathanphillips8684

3 жыл бұрын

@@yahtotv5492 these are all reasons why I commented. So when uninformed people come here looking for actual facts.....hopefully they read the comments! Scary times we're living in today!

@johnathanphillips8684

3 жыл бұрын

@@EyasAbuElhouf people don't understand the engineering that goes into these wells. They think every well is drilled by the Beverly Hillbilly's! 🤦🏾‍♂️

@geoffreygeorge2412

3 жыл бұрын

Worked in ND on the production side and disposal side. Not only are you right about the casing, but the disposal of the hazardous waste is put back into old dried up well locations (aka disposal sites) it’s pretty much impossible for it to contaminate the ground water.

i was hoping for more technical info, like how do you get a drill to turn 90 degrees sideways when its 3km underground?

@nicolasaballay6062

3 жыл бұрын

Search for rotary steerable system.

Good explanation, fracking right now here in the North of Alberta Canada for 11 years.

Would be nice to see the benefits vs the negative. Most of this seems to be a beat down on fracking, which leads me to believe the video isn't good info - it's biased info.

"OUR WATER IS ON FIRE!"

@jonathanoconnor9546

3 жыл бұрын

Actually it's not. Just heard of a town in Pa where the water has been burning for almost 100 years due to natural methane in the ground and no fracking for hundreds of miles away.

@Un1234l

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanoconnor9546 It's a Simpsons reference

Thank you, very informative

I want to see an animation or video explaining in more detail how the drill turns and cuts 90º, insertion of bore sleeve & perforating gun in action.

My teacher cant teach me herself so she told everyone to watch this -_-

@FromDust81

3 жыл бұрын

Not a very good teacher.

@Un1234l

3 жыл бұрын

@@FromDust81 or a good one knowing her limits, strengths and weaknesses. Getting the best sources for their students.

"How does fracking work?" Well when a man loves a women...

@ItsMzPhoenix

3 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily

as a side note the water used is called brackish, or produced water, both are recycled. most oil and gas companies will not use fresh water as the bacteria will cause a well to turn sour ( h2s). fresh water also requires a lengthy permit application to use.

Pretty fair unbiased assessment. Though the comment about diverting investment dollars is a red herring all fracking done in the US is by private capital, there is nothing to indicate those funds would be used to investigate or develop alternate energy supplies.

Great title.

This video is in our final exam studies... Students from our school would probably memorize the whole script... I guess I have to, too...

This channel is excellent

Great video, thank you.