The analysis will evaluate the potential impacts of well stimulation treatments including hydraulic fracturing, as part of drilling activities.

Hydraulic fracturing is a process used in nine out of 10 natural gas wells in the United States, where millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals are pumped underground to break apart the rock ...

Hydraulic fracturing has attracted a lot of attention in recent years with the rise of U.S. shale oil and gas drilling and production. Hydraulic fracturing is also at the center of heated debates, ...

Several environmental monitoring studies have suggested that unconventional natural gas development may contaminate ground water 15, 19, 21, 22 and surface water, 23, 24 potentially leading to ...

Hydraulic fracturing is an increasingly important part of energy production in the US. While the technology has been used for 60 years to enhance production from oil and gas wells, today hydraulic ...

Liberty Energy delivers hydraulic fracturing and related services to major oil and gas producers across key U.S. shale basins.

Suggested Citation: "4 Offshore Technologies in Practice." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Offshore Well Completion and Stimulation: Using Hydraulic Fracturing and ...

A new article assesses the impact of hydraulic fracturing on seismic hazards like micro-earthquakes, an important issue for the safety of workers and the continuation of mining operations. The ...

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 ...

A swarm of small earthquakes within the Karoo Basin in South Africa has revealed a critically stressed fault that could be perturbed by potential shale gas exploration in the area, according to a new ...

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 ...