Abstract—Resources are limited and new forms of
exploitation of energy resources, such as hydraulic fracturing,
tend to enter the country. This study analyses the nexus
water-energy regarding to the exploitation of oil and gas from
the continent by the hydraulic fracking. The research will be of
a theoretical and bibliographic genre, of an applied nature, with
the objective of proposing a mixed qualitative-quantitative
approach to the issues of increasing energy security and
increasing water security. It aims also about the shale gas
extraction in Brazil and its challenges. As result of this
discussion is that the unconventional sources of obtain energy
can impact the hydro security specially the groundwater.
Index Terms—Energetic security, fracking, hydro-security, groundwater, water-energy-nexus.
The authors are with Department of Electrical Engineering Politechnical School of University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (e-mail: debcarvalho@usp.br, jose.grimoni@usp.br, udaeta@pea.usp.br).
Cite: Débora dos Santos Carvalho, José Aquiles Grimoni, and Miguel Morales Udaeta, "Groundwater and Hydrocarbon Production in Brazil," International Journal of Engineering and Technology vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 70-74, 2022.
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