Is it ‘fracking’ or ‘fracing?’Petroleum News Bakken adopts policy for shorthand version of hydraulic fracturing, but it’s not as simple as it sounds Mike Ellerd Petroleum News Bakken
It has come to my attention that at least one of Petroleum News Bakken’s readers is unhappy with our use of the terms “frack” and “fracking” rather than “frac” and “fracing” as shorthand versions of hydraulic fracturing. We generally follow Associated Press, AP, guidelines for “basic rules on gramma....
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