Although hydraulic fracturing has been used since at least the 1940s to stimulate production in oil and gas wells and is used in all kinds of well drilled into multiple rock types, fracking is ...

With all the attention paid to fracking, what are the good investment opportunities? Are the companies that extract oil and natural gas a good bet?

7. Don't state and federal laws protect people and wildlife from fracking? Fracking is poorly regulated at the federal level. In fact, in 2005 Congress exempted most types of fracking from the federal ...

This type of oil is referred to as shale oil or tight oil. Extracting shale oil and tight oil requires hydraulic fracturing. The fracking process is complex. A drilling team drills into the ground ...

Fracking is very poorly regulated at the federal level. In 2005 Congress exempted most types of fracking from the federal Safe Water Drinking Act, severely limiting protections for water quality. In ...

This U.S. shale boom has created a new type of energy firm: fracking companies. The characteristics that define fracking companies are not strict. Hydraulic fracturing – or “fracking” – is ...

Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing ... “Many of the same environmental hazards are released from both types of ...

Now they have issued a report that takes a more negative tone on hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") than an earlier draft report. First, let me provide a bit of background on hydraulic fracturing.

With Trump winning the election, many things about U.S. energy policy will change, and most likely fracking rates will increase. Fracking is a process that involves injecting high-pressure fluid ...