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.

In a little-known corner of state government lies the Water Quality Control Commission. It’s supposed to protect clean water, ...

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

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 ...

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