What is fracking? You may have heard about the effects this oil and gas extraction technique have on the environment, but its impacts extend far beyond that. Between 2007 and 2016, oil production in ...

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Ohio has become a state of easy virtue for readily allowing “fracking waste” – the hazardous byproducts of the high-pressure slurries injected to extract oil and natural gas from shale far below Earth ...

In addition to being highly saline, fracking waste contains numerous heavy metals and radioactive materials that are released during the fracking process. As a result, injection wells pose a threat to ...

This is one of my favorite articles I have written this month, for a number of reasons. One could say it's crucial for the future of the entire American energy sector, as dramatic as that may sound.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Hydraulic fracturing has dramatically boosted oil and gas production in the Utica and Marcellus shale formations of eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania over the past 15 years.

Enhancing the efficient development of these low-permeability and ultra-low-permeability sandstone oil reservoirs is an important support for maintaining and increasing production in Xinjiang Oilfield ...

EMPORIUM — A major natural gas driller in Pennsylvania is accused by the state attorney general’s office of multiple violations of environmental laws in its handling of wastewater from the fracking ...

Labour plans to introduce a “total ban” on fracking this autumn, replacing the current moratorium with permanent legislation. Experts say the U.K.’s complex geology makes large-scale fracking unviable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There have been discussions around fracking in the U.K. for years, with the government going back and forth on whether to support ...

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