Hydraulic fracturing is a completion technique that pumps high-pressure fluid and proppant into a low-permeability reservoir to create and prop open fractures, increasing flow paths so oil can move to ...

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) increases oilfield productivity by creating high-conductivity flow paths that connect low-permeability rock to the wellbore, reduce near-wellbore damage (skin), and ...

This story was originally published by The Allegheny Front, a public radio program covering environmental issues in Western ...

Hoping to create capacity in a municipal water system hobbled by drought-like conditions, town officials are consulting with the state geologist, and a well-drilling company from Morrisville.

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

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

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 ...

The UK government will introduce a complete ban on fracking, putting an end to the controversial practice that has been put ...

Climate change is projected to cost the Canadian health-care system an additional $110 billion per year within the next 25 years.

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