Enough water will come from the ground as a byproduct of oil production from unconventional reservoirs during the coming decades to theoretically counter the need to use fresh water for hydraulic ...

Hydraulic fracturing is an increasingly important part of energy production in the US. While the technology has been used for 60 years to enhance production from oil and gas wells, today hydraulic ...

A research team from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and McGill University in Montreal is investigating what exactly happens underground when the earth in western Canada shakes as a result of hydraulic ...

Hydraulic fracturing (often termed “fracking”) can be managed effectively in the UK as long as operational best practices are implemented and robustly enforced through regulation according to a review ...

One of the industry’s premier experts says hydraulic fracturing actually reduces the environmental impact of oil and gas production by increasing the productivity of each well. Dr. Ali Daneshy / ...

A fracking well injects large volumes of water, chemicals and sand to fracture rock. 128012869@N08/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND US natural gas production increased by 42% between 2005 and 2014, largely due to ...

A new article assesses the impact of hydraulic fracturing on seismic hazards like micro-earthquakes, an important issue for the safety of workers and the continuation of mining operations. The ...

From North Dakota to Texas to Pennsylvania, hydraulic fracturing has transformed many places in America into energy powerhouses. But while some see the new energy boom as benefiting the local economy, ...

Hydraulic fracturing in the presence of natural fractures causes a complex network of fractures to form because of shear and tensile failure. During hydraulical fracturing, shear failure in a ...

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) involves the injection of water, proppants, and chemical additives - many of which are knwn or suspected carcinogens and endocrine disruptors - into underground rock ...