Horizontal drilling isn't new. Such wells have been drilled for the better part of a century. But combining it with hydraulic fracturing to produce gas and oil from shale is a far more recent ...

The U.S. produced more oil in 2023 than has ever been produced in any year by any country, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Big Oil has become more productive as horizontal ...

Banning fracking is a bad idea, but promising $2-a-gallon gasoline is silly, yet during an election season, politicians will say the darndest things. Voters who care about energy costs need to look ...

Fracking techniques perfected in the U.S. shale patch could help drill for deeper and hotter geothermal energy resources and slash geothermal costs to make this low-carbon energy source competitive to ...

The interminable war on drilling, fracking and the Keystone XL pipeline has taken some bizarre turns. Now it’s getting worse, as opponents grow more desperate, and the moon again grows full. Deepwater ...

Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Bryan Sheffield made his fortune drilling wells in America’s largest oilfield, much like his father and ...

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina moved closer to joining a number of states that have embraced shale gas exploration using hydrofracking, under legislation the state's House of ...

CNX Midstream Operations LLC is seeking a state permit to draw water from Westmoreland County’s Beaver Run Reservoir for its ...