Beneath layers of ancient rock, a high-pressure process is reshaping the modern energy landscape. As fracking expands across ...

Fracking, the two- to three-day process of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas, is perhaps one of the most misunderstood drilling practices, becoming as bad of a word in some circles as a racial slur ...

A congressional committee is launching an investigation of hydraulic fracturing, the technique drillers use to unlock natural gas in shale formations, asking for data from eight companies that use ...

“People don’t equate drilling with fracking,” Richardson said. “I don’t think most people understand if you ban fracking, you effectively ban drilling.” STARTING A WELL. Companies start the drilling ...

Given how profound an effect fracking has had on the U.S. economically, it can come as a shock to discover how little we know about it.

Fracking is shorthand within the oil and gas industry for “hydraulic fracturing,” a process in which drillers blast millions of gallons of water, sand and hazardous chemicals at high-pressure ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Oct. 12, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Plateau Mineral Development, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PMDP) issued a statement today detailing the fracking process. Fracking is a procedure that ...

The process of pumping a mixture of water and chemicals into the ground to break up shale allows oil and gas to flow to the surface. There are some who question fracking’s impact on the ...

The potential could be huge. A reserve of 1,300 trillion cubic feet of shale gas is estimated to be sitting underground on both sides of the Pennines.

Study: Bad fracking techniques let methane flow into drinking water September 15, 2014 The expansion of fracking has drawn protest from some residents who fear it's contaminating their water supply.

This extraction process requires high-pressure water ... when comparing the water pumping to stream flow, fracking could threaten stream withdrawals in up to 51 percent of Arkansas’ streams, ...

The two- to three-day process of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas is perhaps one of the most misunderstood drilling practices, becoming as bad of a word in some circles as a racial slur.Entire ...