hydraulic fracturing (uncountable)
- (oil industry) 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.
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technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well
- Afrikaans: hidrobreking
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Basque: haustura hidrauliko
- Catalan: fracturació hidràulica f, hidrofracturació f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 水力壓裂／水力压裂 (shuǐlì yāliè), 水力劈裂 (shuǐlì pīliè)
- Finnish: vesisärötys (fi), frakkaus (fi)
- French: fracturation hydraulique (fr) f, hydrofracturation f, fracking (fr) m
- German: Hydraulic Fracturing n, Fracking (de) n, hydraulische Frakturierung f, hydraulisches Aufbrechen n, hydraulische Risserzeugung f, hydraulische Stimulation f
- Greek: υδραυλική θραύση f (ydravlikí thráfsi), υδραυλική ρωγμάτωση (el) f (ydravlikí rogmátosi)
- Italian: fratturazione idraulica f
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 수압파쇄법 (suap'paswaebeop), 프래킹 (peuraeking)
- Portuguese: fraturamento hidráulico m, fraturação hidráulica f, fratura hidráulica f
- Russian: гидравли́ческий разры́в пласта́ m (gidravlíčeskij razrýv plastá)
- Spanish: fracturamiento hidráulico m, fracking m, fractura hidráulica f, hidrofracturación f
- Swedish: hydraulisk spräckning c
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: ffracio hydrolig m
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