| Fracking Sand to Come from Manitoba | 6 March 2015 |
Source: Geology.com
Frac sands are used as a proppant, or sized particles mixed with fracturing fluid to hold fractures open after a hydraulic fracturing treatment. This treatment, known as hydrofracing, is the forcing of a concoction of frac sands, viscous gel and other chemicals down a well to prop open fractures in the subsurface rocks thus create a passageway for fluid from the reservoir to the well. Toronto-based Claim Post Resources Inc. is fast becoming a provider of premium white silica sand proppant to the oil and gas industry in the U.S. and Canada. Claim Post Resources, Manitoba center is near Seymourville on the southeast shore of Lake Winnipeg, some 200 km northeast of Winnipeg. Immediately east of the property is the Hollow Water First Nation, adjacent to Lake Winnipeg. Manitoba will be adding another project that increases climate change, the development of frac sands for hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing is a method of extracting liquid natural gas that causes earthquakes and contaminates aquifers and drinking water.
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