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Record 1 2011-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

... by creating an artificial fracture, individual molecules that are a long distance from the well can find their way to the fracture, and once there, can travel quickly through the fracture to the well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

[Le principe de la fracturation hydraulique est] de créer des fissures artificielles pour déloger le gaz de sa matrice [...]

Spanish

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