By Maxwell Radwin Earlier this month, state-owned oil company Petroecuador announced a new project involving “hydraulic ...

Developers have requested more land for oil and gas fracking in the Egypt Valley Wildlife Area in eastern Ohio after the Ohio Oil and Gas Management Commission approved 4,727 acres for energy ...

Federal environment department says Black Mountain Energy has provided insufficient data as it seeks to drill 20 gas wells in the Kimberley region ...

Investigation reveals regulator let firms off the hook on cleanup bonds despite backlog that will take decades to clear ...

A company that treated waste from natural gas well fracking has been charged criminally with violating the state’s Solid ...

U.S. shale producers are expanding overseas—from Argentina and Turkey to Australia and the UAE—as domestic shale basins mature and well productivity declines. Companies including Continental Resources ...

Fracking is an extreme method of oil and gas extraction that involves blasting huge amounts of water — mixed with sand and toxic chemicals — under high pressure deep into the earth. Fracking breaks up ...

Any industrial activity near water reserves could, in principle, cause contamination. Isotope hydrology offers a unique combination of methods to monitor water quality and trace the source of ...

An environmental document the federal government released this week moves the Bureau of Land Management a step closer toward possibly resuming oil and gas leasing in Kern and eight other counties in ...