LONDON (Reuters) - Shale gas exploration triggered small earthquakes near Blackpool in northwest England earlier this year, UK firm Cuadrilla Resources said, adding to concerns about the safety of a ...

Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) CEO Darren Woods said Thursday the company aims to double the amount of oil produced from its U.S. shale fields over a five-year period by using new fracking technologies. The ...

Fracking — the practice of drilling deep into the earth and cracking through layers of tight shale to extract natural gas — was in the spotlight during last night’s debate between Vice President ...

OXFORD (Reuters) - Success for shale gas extraction in Europe will hinge on developing more efficient techniques and a more targeted approach to fracking, Andrew Gould, chairman of UK gas producer BG ...

You’ve heard of geothermal energy — it’s touted as a clean alternative. You’ve also heard of fracking, which is … not always thought of that way. One creates energy from the earth’s heat. The other ...

Lawmakers in Spain's northern Cantabria region unanimously voted on Monday (8 April) to ban hydraulic fracturing on environmental concerns, shooting down the central government's hopes for a project ...

A hot topic for energy production, hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, extracts oil and gas by injecting high-pressure fluids underground. For the U.S. this has boosted domestic energy production ...

In 2022, almost 7.8 million barrels of oil per day were produced from tight oil resources in the U.S., also known as unconventional resources or shale. Fracking has transformed the United States, and ...

Some shale formations in Europe and China are impervious to drilling techniques that opened vast reserves of natural gas and oil from Texas to Pennsylvania, according to Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon ...

ARLINGTON, Texas—The Barnett Shale, rich in natural gas, lies inconveniently beneath sprawling suburbs of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The fracking boom began here almost 20 years ago, leaving in ...