Unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD), the extraction of hydrocarbons from shale and other low-permeability formations through horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, has bolstered the ...

SAN ANTONIO — Hydraulic fracturing is competing for water in some of the driest regions of the U.S., including the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, according to a research paper released Wednesday by ...

CARRIZO SPRINGS — In this South Texas stretch of mesquite trees and cactus, where the land is sometimes too dry to grow crops, the local aquifer is being strained in the search for oil. The reason is ...

Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than 250 current and planned capital spending projects at U.S. baked goods plants. Pharma & Biotech Capital Spending Trends: Navigating a Shift in Global ...

Oil and gas production can affect water supplies both directly and indirectly. The process can reduce the amount of water available for other uses, and pose pollution threats to an already scarce ...

This former fracking site in northwest Lancashire run by energy firm Cuadrilla Resources to extract shale gas from deep underground rock was pictured in 2018, but has ...

The extraction of gas and oil by fracking—large-scale fracturing of underground rocks by injecting water, sand and additives—is generating growing concern in Argentine Patagonia. Neuquén province—home ...

Editor’s note: The next president is in for a rough welcome to the Oval Office given the list of immediate crises and slow-burning policy challenges, both foreign and domestic. What should Washington ...

Any industrial activity near water reserves could, in principle, cause contamination. Isotope hydrology offers a unique combination of methods to monitor water quality and trace the source of ...

Over the course of millions of years, heat and pressure can transform the organic remains of animals and plants into crude oil. That's why they're called a fossil fuels — the long-dead creatures that ...

Under the soils of the Kimberley lies one of the world’s last undeveloped large-scale reservoirs of onshore gas, according to the gas company hoping to extract it. Last month, the Western Australian ...