Shale Gas Fracking

Fracking is the process of drilling down and creating tiny
explosions to shatter and crack hard shale rocks to release the gas inside.
Enough water, sand and chemicals are used in the production of shale gas. [1]

Fracking for shale gas operation goes with damage to
community environment and most of the arising issues include contamination of
underground (acquifer) by fracking chemicals, accidental chemical spill, waste
disposal, air quality, the land footprint of drilling activities, pipeline
placement and safety, and the amount of water used. Shale gas production is
highly controversial in part because of environmental concerns, fear of
drinking water contamination.  [2]

Fracking for shale gas can be safely managed provided there
is best practice observed and provided its enforced through strong regulation. The
risk water contamination in fracking is very low provided fracking takes place
at a depth below the level of acquifers and that the wells are properly
constructed. [3]

The boom in shale gas production is not likely to be banned
because of the amount of resources spent in the development, more employment
opportunity it is creating and the amount of money to be made from the
production. Gas fraking will mean economy growth to the western world, china
and Israel, and it will crash oil price to the less developing countries and
troubled unstable economy of middle- east nation. [2]

Reference

1. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421512003382
2. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14432401

3.       http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18611647

4.       http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421512003382