Frac
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Frac is a verb meaning (oil industry) To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing).
Meaning
(oil industry) To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing).
More Meanings
- (oil industry) Relating to or denoting hydraulic fracturing
- (oil industry) Frac job.
- Fracture.
- Fracturing.
- Fraction
- Fractioning
Example Sentences
To date, Arrow has only fracced about 2.5 percent of its wells .
More than a million wells have been fracced in the United States since the first frac job six decades ago.
The drilling industry has generally spelled the word without a "K," using terms like "frac job" or "frac fluid."
A program summary showing the type and volume of fluid and the size and amount of sand that is planned for the eight fracs is shown in table 1.
Word Forms
- fracs
- fraccing
- fracced
- frack
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include frack, frak, fricatize, frab, fricatise, fray.
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