1. A student’s guide to hydrofracking, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, or bustin up rocks to get gas.

2.  Shales are fine-grained sedimentary rocks rich in petroleum and natural gas.  Both the Marcellus and Utica Shale were formed by the accumulation of sediment in a sea beginning about 417 million years ago  Buried and compressed to produce an organic-rich black shale

4.  Fracking is the well development process typically involving injecting water, sand, and chemicals under high pressure into a bedrock formation via the well. This process is intended to create new fractures in the rock as well as increase the size, extent, and connectivity of existing fractures.

6.  Methane, CH4  Ethane, C2H6  Propane, C3H8  Butane, C4H10  Carbon Dioxide, CO2  Oxygen, O2  Nitrogen, N2  Hydrogen sulphide H2S

7.  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2 010/10/101022-breaking-fuel-from-the- rock/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2 010/10/101022-breaking-fuel-from-the- rock/  (National Geographic)

8.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uti2niW2 BRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uti2niW2 BRA  (2:30)