The technique, honed over the past 15 years in the US, is now being deployed to unlock hard-to-reach oil and gas reserves ...

A proposal to allow "exploratory" shale gas drilling to go ahead without planning permission has been opposed by a number of councils. Concerns were voiced in a consultation over whether to allow ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than 100 protests against the natural gas drilling process known as fracking are scheduled to take place around the world on Saturday, building on public concerns but also ...

More of the Leesville Wildlife Area in Carroll County has been opened up for fracking.

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Fracking — the practice of drilling deep into the earth and cracking through layers of tight shale to extract natural gas — was in the spotlight during last night’s debate between Vice President ...

Amid skepticism from engineers and environmentalists, landowners and drilling company bet on LPG fracking, which uses propane instead of water. By Anthony Brino, InsideClimate News Sign up here. A ...

WORK will start this winter preparing a Purbeck site for the drilling of an exploratory oil and gas well. The project, at California Quarry near Swanage, will be carried out by InfraStrata plc, using ...

The acreages that make up the Wayne National Forest in Southeastern Ohio are a patchwork of land parcels which lie in 12 Ohio counties. In the 1800s, the region was heavily logged to supply wood for ...