Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fracking, shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, is set to become a cornerstone of President-elect Donald Trump's energy agenda.

Colombia's new government plans to revive fracking as shrinking gas reserves and rising LNG imports intensify pressure on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Oxnard-based oil company wants to resume fracking off the California coast. Here, a surfer catches a wave in Santa Barbara ...

Earlier this month, state-owned oil company Petroecuador announced a new project involving “hydraulic fracturing” in an oil block in the Ecuadorian Amazon. As a result, some observers spoke out ...

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 ...

Hydraulic fracturing has transformed parts of Canada’s energy sector, unlocking vast reserves of natural gas and oil. Yet as ...

Chevron and Halliburton have jointly developed a new process that enables closed-loop, feedback-driven completions in Colorado. This intelligent fracturing process combines automated stage execution ...

Clarification: This story was updated to clarify that no drilling will occur until bids are awarded. Ohio is opening up more than 8,200 acres of a wildlife area in southeastern Ohio and another 500 ...

Following months of consultations with energy experts, Mexico is preparing to tap its shale oil and gas reserves using one of ...

Just days after the Trump administration launched proceedings that could limit California’s ability to protect its iconic shoreline, the state’s top coastal officials reasserted their authority by ...