American companies seek opportunities in Venezuela, the Middle East and Australia as domestic shale output plateaus ...

Explore the differences between shale oil and conventional oil, including extraction costs and methods, and how these impact ...

Flagging prospects have pushed domestic firms to seek out opportunities in new markets such as Australia and Venezuela.

Picture is as murky as a barrel of oil, with US companies in 2026 expecting their first production drop in four years ...

Indonesia’s energy sector lies on the cusp of renaissance as the latest technology — shale fracking — finally arrives in Southeast Asia. Last month, state-owned oil-and-gas firm Pertamina signed its ...

Flare from a well pad near a home in Southwestern Pennsylvania. A bill in the Pennsylvania Senate would withdraw funding from communities that try to restrict shale gas drilling within their borders.

In December 2025, an explosion and fire during hydraulic fracturing at an EOG Resources shale well pad in Carroll County, Ohio, was quickly contained to a vapor tank, with no injuries reported and the ...

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting oil and natural gas from dense rock or sand where traditional drilling is not an option. Due to the nature of fracking, costs are higher ...

We already know that hydraulic fracturing—the process of injecting millions of gallons of water and chemicals deep into the earth to exploit the natural gas trapped inside rock—can likely help cause ...

Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, has transformed the United States into the Saudi Arabia of natural gas — but not in New York, where foolish politicians like Gov. Hochul stubbornly ...