To many walking the planet, fracking has a seriously bad reputation. Thanks to hyperbole and misinformation, fracking opponents have convinced a lot of people that the operators who drill and then ...

HOUSTON, June 12, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), and Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) jointly developed a new process that enables closed-loop, ...

Hydraulic fracturing (also hydro fracturing, hydro racking, fracking or fraccing) is a well-stimulation technique in which rock is fractured by a pressurized liquid. The process involves the ...

In a development that could shift our basic understanding of fluid mechanics, researchers from Drexel University have reported that, given the right circumstances, it is possible to induce a simple ...

From North Dakota to Texas to Pennsylvania, hydraulic fracturing has transformed many places in America into energy powerhouses. But while some see the new energy boom as benefiting the local economy, ...

Researchers find multiple potential threats to water sources posed by hydraulic fracturing as the jobs-producing practice expands. Risk analysts have concluded that the disposal of contaminated ...

When it comes to scientific reports, certain rules are sacrosanct, such as you cannot leap from correlation to cause without showing evidence. That’s the problem with a deeply flawed report from Johns ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. In the 1953 Looney Tunes cartoon ...

Hydraulic fracturing -- fracking or hydrofracturing -- raises many concerns about potential environmental impacts, especially water contamination. Currently, data show that the majority of water ...

Over the past two decades, vast deposits of oil and gas have been unlocked in the United States by a late-20th-century extraction-process innovation known as hydraulic fracturing (also known as ...