Hydraulic fracturing is a completion technique that pumps high-pressure fluid and proppant into a low-permeability reservoir to create and prop open fractures, increasing flow paths so oil can move to ...

Well fracturing (hydraulic or acid fracturing) increases effective permeability by creating high-conductivity fractures that connect the wellbore to a larger rock volume. It sits in the completion and ...

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 ...

The central question of whether hydraulic fracturing is safe came up only a few times during the debate. Engelder conceded that the industry made some careless public relations mistakes early on in ...

The nation's long-term energy future offers no free lunches or gain without pain, two geoscientists said Tuesday in a University of Tulsa debate on the merits of hydraulic fracturing. Canadian ...