Hydraulic fracturing, also called fracking, fracing, hydrofracking, fraccing, frac'ing, and hydrofracturing is a drilling method for the extraction of oil and
gas from oil shales and oil barring rock deposits.
Shale oil reserves worldwide exceed the traditional oil reserves and horizontal drilling methods made economic viability of extraction much cheaper.
Frac sand plays an important role in the process of fracturing the shale to release natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids from pores in the rock.
When the high-pressure water stream forces the small perforations to become larger fractures,
frac sand
holds these fractures open to continue releasing fossil fuels. This method creates a huge demand for waste water treatment, specifically
Frac Water Remediation.