Ambiente Ecologico defendiendo a la ecologia de colombia

2. NO TO FRACKING
Fracking is short for hydraulic fracturing, a process used to extract oil and natural
gas from historically inaccessible reservoirs.
Fracking has already spread in the global North, but in Latin America it is just
beginning. Governments are opening their doors to it without understanding its
impacts and risks, and without consulting affected communities. Many
communities are organizing to prevent or stop the impacts of fracking, which affect
their fundamental human rights. But in many cases they need technical and legal
support.

4.  A straight well is drilled deep into the ground. The drilling then curves and rotates horizontally,
creating an L-shaped well. The fracking fluid — a mixture of water, chemicals, and sand — is
pumped into the well at very high pressure, fracturing the shale rock layers. above and below the well.
The gas or oil trapped in the rock rises to the surface along with the fluid.
 Chemical soup - now also contaminated with heavy metals and even underground radioactive
elements - is frequently dumped into unlined ponds. It can seep into aquifers and overflow into
streams, poisoning water sources for people, agriculture, and livestock. Gas can also seep from
fractured rock into aquifers. As a result, the water flowing from household taps can catch fire. Other
documented damages include depletion of potable water supplies (by all fluid), air pollution from
drilling and pumping platforms, large methane emissions exacerbating global warming, earthquakes,
and health damages including cancer and defects. congenital.

5. Fracking technique is questioned for its environmental effects, since it can cause contamination of
underground aquifers, in addition to other effects derived from its application.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy of Colombia promulgated Decree No. 328 of 2020, which regulates the
implementation of pilot projects for the exploration of unconventional hydrocarbon deposits, to be
exploited through the fracking technique.
Colombia views with concern the reduction of the levels of its conventional deposits, which according to
calculations are exploitable for six years in the case of oil, and for nine years those of natural gas.
The fracking technique is questioned for its environmental effects, since it can cause contamination of
underground aquifers, in addition to other effects derived from its application.
The organization Colombia Libre de Fracking has already spoken out against decree 328, opposing the use
of hydraulic stimulation, even experimentally.