The clamor appears to be growing for greater regulation of "fracking," the mineral extraction process that has helped to fuel North Dakota's oil boom. On the heels of a critical "60 Minutes" report ...

Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as “fracking,” is a process of extracting natural gas and oil from several miles deep beneath the Earth’s surface. Over the past decade, fracking has ...

Five years ago, The Heartland Institute set out to correct some misperceptions about the hydraulic fracturing process (commonly known as “fracking”) that had gained traction in the opinions of a ...

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 ...

Hydraulic fracturing, popularized about a decade ago, has helped unlock hydrocarbons trapped in tight shale formations, spawning a vast web of rigs, wells and energy infrastructure across the country.

Please publish details of fracking, especially chemicals used. Dr. Winn Parker (Parkers Pathways) on republicbroadcasting.org states it takes 5 million gallons of water for one fracking! The upper ...

Increasing transparency requirements around fracking activity and the specific fluids used in the process are associated with lower pollution levels from that activity, new research shows. A recent ...

Researchers from Harvard studied and calculated mortality rates for about 15 million Medicare beneficiaries. The study analyzed how close Medicare beneficiaries lived near any major U.S.