U.S. takes a crack at China’s tough shale

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/U-S-fracturing-takes-a-crack-at-China-s-tough-5691345.php#/0 August 16, 2014

It seems that the rest of the world will soon catch up with the U.S., as more and more nations seek to copy American success in the natural gas and oil development. Poland is taking the lead in Europe, producing mass amounts of shale gas through the process of hydraulic fracturing. The largest producer of natural gas in South America is Argentina and they plan on adopting American methods of fracking, “the use of water, sand and chemicals to bread underground shale formations and release fuel.”

Many specialized hydraulic fracturing corporations from the United States have entered the Chinese market.  There must be more policies against fracking and we must ban it in specific areas. Drilling in the mountains where Asia and India meet, could definitely increase the number of tremors in the highly-sensitive area. Even through fracking has negative effects on the environment, it is very profitable and therefore popular.

While this process still takes a toll on the environment, it has caused several economic revivals in areas around the U.S. Even Saudi Arabia is going to reexamine their methods and implement American oil production practices. Even when done successfully, hydraulic fracturing poses several threats to the surrounding areas.