Normally on “Mining and Refining,” we concentrate on the actual material that’s mined and refined. We’ve covered everything from copper to tungsten, with side trips to more unusual materials like ...

Wrapping up Q2 earnings, we look at the numbers and key takeaways for the u.s. shale e&p stocks, including Matador Resources ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio's only national forest will soon be open for oil and gas drilling via hydraulic fracturing, commonly ...

Despite early predictions of a natural gas crisis in the early 2000s, the U.S. dramatically increased its natural gas production, particularly through fracking and horizontal drilling techniques. This ...

Hydrajet fracturing, which can place multiple propped hydraulic fractures in precise locations, effectively stimulated two underperforming horizontal openhole gas wells in the low-permeability Cardium ...

Dublin, Nov. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Hydraulic Fracturing Market by Well Type (Horizontal Well, and Vertical Well), Technology (Plug and Perf, and Sliding Sleeve), Application (Shale ...

Oil majors are teaming up with start-ups in geothermal energy. Drilling of wells to tap geothermal energy is expensive, but companies have managed to lower costs in recent years. Fervo, a fast-growing ...

More than any single person, Texas oil man and petrochemical engineer George P. Mitchell gets credit for developing the drilling technology known as hydraulic fracturing that created a shale oil and ...