Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock. It involves drilling into the ...

U.S. shale oil and gas production generates billions of gallons of toxic wastewater daily, overwhelming disposal methods, ...

Oilfield services firm Schlumberger agreed to sell its North American shale fracking business to rival Liberty Oilfield Services , unloading a unit that underperformed during the shale bust.

Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University have recently released a publication detailing ...

What was happening was that microorganisms in the plant’s treatment tanks, which the authority uses to break down sewage, ...

Frac-outs are relatively rare, but Pennsylvania’s hundreds of thousands of abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells make them ...

When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met on the ABC News debate stage this week, the vice president reiterated her changed energy position, saying she would not institute a "fracking ban" if elected.

A public meeting will be held this week to get public input about a controversial fracking well that Civitas wants to build ...

President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden fanned out to critical battleground states on Tuesday as the presidential race entered a final, intense phase amid record numbers of early votes ...