A new study concludes communities near sites of hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking,” generally benefit from oil and gas production through the procedure. Examining nine of the largest ...

Is natural gas development really safe, well-regulated and generating significant benefits … ? Residents of New Freeport, Greene County, might not agree with letter-writer Dave Callahan, president of ...

At a time when Ohio state lawmakers are pushing to expand fracking on public lands, polling in recent years finds most residents are either strongly opposed, somewhat opposed, or unsure about fracking ...

While hydraulic fracking has been around since the late 1940s, it initially didn't prove enormously profitable in extracting gas and oil from rock formations known as shale. That changed in 1997 when ...

Fracking is a drilling technique for extracting natural gas or oil Economic importance, health concerns make it a topic of debate There is passionate support for and opposition to natural gas ...

The subject of fracking has become of great interest and concern to New York residents, especially in light of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s and New York State Department of Environmental Conservations’s ban on ...

Hydraulic fracturing, popularized about a decade ago, has helped unlock hydrocarbons trapped in tight shale formations, spawning a vast web of rigs, wells and energy infrastructure across the country.

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) increases well deliverability and ultimate recovery by creating high-conductivity flow paths from the reservoir to the wellbore. It sits in the upstream value chain ...

To The Reader’s Forum: Rolland Kidder has written several articles to the op-ed pages in favor of what is commonly called “fracking,” or horizontal drilling for natural gas by fracturing rock and ...

Editor’s Note: The following is a review of The Heartland Institute’s Fracking Facts video series. Have you ever wondered just what hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking,” of oil and gas ...