Hydraulic fracturing (HF) has become an important tool in deep underground mining, particularly in hard-rock metal mines ...

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 ...

NOBLE COUNTY, Ohio (WKRC) - Fracking operations at a site in Ohio were halted in connection to recent earthquakes. According to WFMJ, hydraulic fracturing operations at a well pad in Noble County, ...

A fracking well injects large volumes of water, chemicals and sand to fracture rock. 128012869@N08/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND US natural gas production increased by 42% between 2005 and 2014, largely due to ...

A new study by Miami University geologists links the March 2014 earthquakes in Poland Township, Ohio, to hydraulic fracturing that activated a previously unknown fault. The induced seismic sequence ...

In the largest study of its kind, a Yale-led investigation found no evidence that trace contamination of organic compounds in drinking water wells near the Marcellus Shale in northeastern Pennsylvania ...

Hydraulic fracturing remains stymied in two of Canada's Atlantic provinces. New Brunswick has extended indefinitely a moratorium on the completion technique imposed in 2014. And an independent panel ...

From left, students in UW’s energy resource management and development degree program visiting a hydraulic fracturing site near Glenrock are: Tyler Schlagel, Cheyenne; Lars Quinlivan, Cheyenne; Cass ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – As 2016 is coming to an end, officials say there are plans in the works to make sure 2017 doesn’t include nearly as many earthquakes for Oklahomans. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BRIDGE CREEK, Okla. – Authorities say an oil ...