Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is an essential technique in the oil and gas industry, used to extract natural gas and oil from deep underground reservoirs. Traditionally, the process has involved a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... From rural Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, more than 17 million Americans live within a mile of at least one oil or gas well. Since 2014, most new oil and gas ...

In May, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced plans to double the capacity of Canada’s electricity grid by 2050, using natural gas in the name of “powering Canada strong.” Almost all Canadian natural ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration has affirmed its support for the state Department of Natural Resources’ efforts to craft rules governing hydraulic fracturing, saying the process ensures ...

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a process in which oil and natural gas are extracted from underground rock formations. Fracking provides many benefits but has some costly side effects. Fracking ...

A natural gas drilling rig in Wyoming. The EPA says that fracking may have resulted in groundwater contamination in that state.National Geographic / Getty Images News If you report on the ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), and Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) jointly developed a new process that enables closed-loop, feedback-driven ...

A group of institutional investors has filed resolutions to challenge oil and gas companies over their hydraulic fracturing procedures, according to Ceres, a network of investors, public interest ...

Colombia’s left-wing President Petro plans to end contracting for hydrocarbon exploration and officially ban hydraulic fracturing known as fracking. Various Colombian governments have long viewed ...

Tracking commentary and opinion from around Central New York, the state and nation: Wednesday's Topic: Stanley N. Hack, of Jamesville, writes about how hydrofracking far outweighs any possible ...