As regulators and environmentalists study whether hydraulic fracturing can damage the environment, industry scientists are studying ways to create longer, deeper cracks in the Earth to release more ...

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China's first domestically developed large-scale offshore fracturing vessel, Haiyang Shiyou 696, sails in waters off Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang Province. Photo: Screenshot fr ...

Fracking, shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, is set to become a cornerstone of President-elect Donald Trump's energy agenda. While it is worth noting that the U.S. is producing more oil and gas than ...

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- Amid the growing water shortage in West Texas, the Texas Legislature has given oil and gas companies the opportunity to reuse wastewater created during the oil fracking ...