hydraulic fracturing uncountable
( oil industry ) 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
Swedish: hydraulisk spräckning c
Vietnamese: nứt vỡ thuỷ lực
Welsh: ffracio hydrolig m
