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Use "hydrofracturing" in a sentence
"It's slang for "hydrofracturing" -- that is pouring tons of chemicalized and pressurized water into shale rock that has within it natural gas that can only be accessed by fracturing the rock."
"He says hydrofracturing, which is used in the oil and gas, coal-bed methane and carbon-sequestration industries, by nature does create seismic events, but they are small and not discernible on the surface."
"Separating the gas from the shale, a process known as hydrofracturing, involves forcing a mixture of water, chemicals, and sand at high pressure down a well bore and into rock formations, creating small fractures that release the trapped gas."