Well fracturing (hydraulic or acid fracturing) increases effective permeability by creating high-conductivity fractures that connect the wellbore to a larger rock volume. It sits in the completion and ...

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 ...

U.S. shale oil wells generate 27–45 million barrels of toxic wastewater every day, with shale gas adding billions more gallons annually. Traditional underground disposal is polluting groundwater, ...

Have you ever wondered what it looks like to drill for oil? The United States is the top oil-producing country in the world, ...

The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission recently approved over 8,500 acres of land on Salt Fork State Park and Egypt ...

As regulators and environmentalists study whether hydraulic fracturing can damage the environment, industry scientists are studying ways to create longer, deeper cracks in the Earth to release more ...

Bev Reed, with the Buckeye Environmental Network, holds a map showing injection well sites near Marietta in southeast Ohio. Hydraulic fracturing, particularly on public lands, has spurred protests ...