By Maxwell Radwin Earlier this month, state-owned oil company Petroecuador announced a new project involving “hydraulic ...

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What is fracking? You may have heard about the effects this oil and gas extraction technique have on the environment, but its impacts extend far beyond that. Between 2007 and 2016, oil production in ...

Oil and gas is required for many of life's everyday functions. Cars, trains and planes all rely on fuel in order to move people around, leaving many dependent on them. Many also rely on gas and fuel ...

Colombia’s left-wing President Petro plans to end contracting for hydrocarbon exploration and officially ban hydraulic fracturing known as fracking. Various Colombian governments have long viewed ...

Automated fracturing systems use machine learning models trained on extensive historical data to optimize treatment designs in real-time. Electric frac spreads with centralized digital control enable ...

From rural Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, more than 17 million Americans live within a mile of at least one oil or gas well. Since 2014, most new oil and gas wells have been fracked. Fracking, short for ...

Pump jacks stand in a field being developed for drilling using fracking near Lost Hills in 2014. David McNew Getty Images Nearly three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom directed it, California’s oil and ...