By Maxwell Radwin 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 ...

U.S. shale producers are expanding overseas—from Argentina and Turkey to Australia and the UAE—as domestic shale basins mature and well productivity declines. Companies including Continental Resources ...

Shale explorers are drilling wells faster than they’re fracking them, a strong signal that U.S. oil production growth is slowing. Oil companies added to the number of drilled-but-uncompleted wells, ...

After word got out that a New Orleans energy production company is planning to drill a “fracking” well in St. Tammany Parish, several industry experts said a successful well along the outer edge of ...

Lancashire County Council serves an enforcement notice on the Preston New Road site, near Blackpool.

Earlier predictions of "peak shale" have shifted, with US shale drillers now signaling continued growth due to improved efficiency. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has revised its ...

But it is a controversial topic both in Australia and around the world. Hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" is a method of ...