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Texas Tribune: Call it hydraulic fracturing -- without the hydro.
In most hydraulic fracturing operations, several million gallons of water, together with sand and chemicals, get pumped down a hole to blast apart rock that encases oil or gas.
But with water increasingly scarce and expensive around Texas, a few companies have begun fracking with propane or other alternatives.
“We don’t use any water,” said Eric Tudor, a Houston-based official with GasFrac, a Canadian company that fracks with propane gel......
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In Dry Texas, Waterless Fracking Makes Headway
Posted by Texas Tribune: Kate Galbraith on April 1st, 2013
Posted in Water Conservation