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 .
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 , fracturación hidráulica f
Swedish: hydraulisk spräckning c
Vietnamese: nứt vỡ thuỷ lực
Welsh: ffracio hydrolig m