But, injecting fluid at high pressure into the rock can cause tremors, which is what happened in Lancashire leading to the ...

Fracking involves pumping water, chemicals and a proppant down an oil or gas well under high pressure to break open channels (fractures) in the reservoir rock trapping the deposit. Oil and gas do ...

Lock the Gate Alliance has launched the first legal challenge to fracking under the water trigger in Australia's national ...

Fracking fluid is a slurry made mostly from water and sand. The sand serves as a proppant, which keeps the tiny microfractures from collapsing after fracking pressure is released. Fracking fluid ...

Tim Latimer has raised more than $400 million for his dream of unlocking green energy from Earth’s crust. Backers include ...

A ban on fracking in Northern Ireland has been approved by the Stormont Executive. It extends to all other forms of onshore ...

The commission previously delayed voting on the approval in October. Theresa White, the chief operating officer ...

Standing shoulder to shoulder with his employees, Chris Wright, chief executive officer of oilfield services company Liberty ...

It’s fair to say that climate change is perhaps the greatest challenge facing our planet, and while much attention is ...

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe recently announced his department’s plans to conduct the first major ...

Over the rolling hills of Highway 13 and down the Piceance Creek road on County Road 26, is where Colorado Mesa University’s ...