The technique, honed over the past 15 years in the US, is now being deployed to unlock hard-to-reach oil and gas reserves from Australia to Saudi Arabia.

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 ...

Fracking, shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, is set to become a cornerstone of President-elect Donald Trump's energy agenda. While it is worth noting that the U.S. is producing more oil and gas than ...

Fracking is where it's at for U.S. oil production, but it's more than a little complicated. In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Energy, Motley Fool analysts Sean O'Reilly and Taylor Muckerman ...

A newly minted bill in the legislative session that would allow the discharge of treated oil and gas wastewater into New ...

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 ...

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- Amid the growing water shortage in West Texas, the Texas Legislature has given oil and gas companies the opportunity to reuse wastewater created during the oil fracking ...

Ohio has hundreds of injection wells that store waste from oil and natural gas production. In one southeast Ohio city, they’re causing concern.

This story is supported by the Pulitzer Center and is part of the “Texas Energy Crossroads” project, a partnership between ...

The continued development and application of advanced technologies has led to significant improvements in the way we find and produce oil and natural gas, and this in turn has enabled us to chart a ...