American companies seek opportunities in Venezuela, the Middle East and Australia as domestic shale output plateaus ...

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

Explore the differences between shale oil and conventional oil, including extraction costs and methods, and how these impact ...

Picture is as murky as a barrel of oil, with US companies in 2026 expecting their first production drop in four years ...

Never bet against America’s oil and natural gas engineers. About two decades ago, these engineers delivered the shale oil and natural gas revolution. After many years of trying to figure out how to ...

Labour plans to introduce a “total ban” on fracking this autumn, replacing the current moratorium with permanent legislation. Experts say the U.K.’s complex geology makes large-scale fracking unviable ...

A Special Report released by the Heritage Foundation in April 2025 has found that New York’s decision to ban the process of hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as “fracking”) for natural gas in 2010 ...

Welcome to our guide to the commodities markets powering the global economy. Today, Houston-based reporter David Wethe looks at how the needs of Texas farmers may help solve a problem for local crude ...

In December 2025, an explosion and fire during hydraulic fracturing at an EOG Resources shale well pad in Carroll County, Ohio, was quickly contained to a vapor tank, with no injuries reported and the ...