Análisis de las consecuencias ambientales por la implementación del fracking en Puerto Wilches, Colombia, del 2019 a 2022

Abstract

In this document, we sought to analyze the impacts and socio-environmental consequences of the implementation of fracking in the municipality of Puerto Wilches, located in the department of Santander, Colombia, this place had been chosen to carry out the first pilot plans of fracking in the country, This process consists of making small fractures to the rocks through the injection of water at high pressures, this in order to stimulate and accelerate the extraction process of the different hydrocarbons contained therein, however, this procedure leaves negative impacts on the environment and on the quality of life of the communities living nearby. In order to develop in the country an exploitation practice of great impact such as hydraulic fracturing, it is necessary to know the institutional capacity and regulations that would govern this form of extraction, as well as the impacts it causes not only to the environment, but also to the communities of the municipality, since internationally, Fracking has been a trigger for social mobilizations and environmental damage, for this reason, during the elaboration of the monograph, references were taken from different national and international works and researches that address the topic of interest, in addition, two matrices were worked on that allowed to evaluate the environmental impact of this form of extraction.