The mechanism of casing deformation during multi-fracturing in shale gas wells has emerged as a key topic of political and scientific discussion 1,2, due to concerns that this event would seriously ...

The concept of volume fracturing has revolutionized the conventional limits of low permeability, expanded the effective resource space, and significantly enhanced oil well production in tight oil ...

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is an essential technique in the oil and gas industry, used to extract natural gas and oil from deep underground reservoirs. Traditionally, the process has involved a ...

'This intelligent fracturing process combines automated stage execution with subsurface feedback to optimize delivery of energy into the wellbore without relying on human intervention'. Image by ...

Adopting next-generation pump power, wet sand, and dry chemicals reduces fracturing emissions by about 30%. SLB conducted a lifecycle assessment of emissions from typical US fracturing operations. The ...

My water well went dry a week or two ago and I was transporting town water to put in it until the well company could come out to clean the well out. The Well company that came out to clean my well ...

300,000 people live within a three-mile radius of the test wells, fracked to reach oil once considered too expensive to extract. By Ngoc Nguyen, New America Media/InsideClimate News Sign up here.

The $6 trillion global energy industry has undergone a lot of changes over its long history, from the first successful oil tanker developed by Sweden in 1878 to the first mobile steel barges for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The drilling procedure called fracking didn’t cause much-publicized cases of tainted groundwater in areas of Pennsylvania and Texas, a new study finds. Instead, it blames the ...

Bev Reed, with the Buckeye Environmental Network, holds a map showing injection well sites near Marietta in southeast Ohio. Hydraulic fracturing, particularly on public lands, has spurred protests ...

Clinicians urged to be aware of fracking-related health problems Chemical contamination, community disruption and negative psychological effects among health problems associated with hydraulic ...