Craig Littlepage is an American college athletics administrator and former basketball player and coach. He is the former athletic director at the University of Virginia. He was named to that position in 2001 and has been with the school as an administrator since 1990. Littlepage served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 1982 to 1985 and at Rutgers University from 1985 to 1988.
Definition of Hydraulic Fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a method of underground well stimulation that is used to extract underground resources including oil, natural gas, geothermal energy and water.he fracking process begins with the identification of underground resource deposits and the acquisition of the rights of that land to drill. If the target land is vacant, gas and oil companies will purchase them for use.
DEFINITION of 'Fracking'. A slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracking refers to the procedure of creating fractures in rocks and rock formations by injecting fluid into cracks to force them further open.The larger fissures allow more oil and gas to flow out of the formation and into the wellbore, from where it can be extracted.Fracking has resulted in many oil and gas wells attaining a state of economic viability, due to the level of extraction that can be reached.he larger fissures allow more oil and gas to flow out of the formation and into the wellbore, from where it can be extracted. Fracking has resulted in many oil and gas wells attaining a state of economic viability, due to the level of extraction that can be reached.