HOUSTON (Reuters) - Fracking, the latest craze in the quest to produce oil and gas, has been blamed for environmental problems ranging from flammable tap water to minor earthquakes. Now a new risk is ...

The extraction of gas and oil by fracking—large-scale fracturing of underground rocks by injecting water, sand and ...

HOUSTON - U.S. oil major Chevron plans to increase the use of a technique that allows it to fracture subterranean rock in three wells at a time in the Permian basin, the company told Reuters, in an ...

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) plans to increase the use of a technique known as "triple-frac," in which it fractures subterranean rock in three wells at a time in the Permian basin, in an effort to cut the time ...

Professional well-driller Joe Curry of Holly has been speaking out against the expansion of fracking in Michigan. Among his presentations was one given in Ferndale Apr. 23 at the request of Oakland ...

The frac sand industry exploded in the late 2000s when horizontal drilling technology and a demand for domestic oil production skyrocketed. In 2002, less than 2.5 million metric tons of silica sands ...

Founders of Apex Petroleum Engineering, the Denver-based energy services company, partner with proppant and materials veterans to build 2 million ton frac sand plant to serve the DJ basin. ENGLEWOOD, ...

(Reuters) - Hydraulic fracturing can cause nearby abandoned oil wells to leak methane, according to a study published on Tuesday in the peer-reviewed Water Resources Research journal, marking a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Houston-based oil and gas company has drilled the first fracking well beneath Ohio’s preserved park and wildlife lands. Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Mary Mertz told ...

EXCELSIOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Three deep hydraulic fracturing wells in northwestern lower Michigan’s Kalkaska County have used 42 million gallons of water in the past two years, according to a ...