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 ...

Ohio has hundreds of injection wells that store waste from oil and natural gas production. In one southeast Ohio city, ...

Stimulation techniques are used to encourage production to flow from the reservoir rocks. Hydrocarbons are located in the spaces between pores of reservoir rock. Production is achieved when these pore ...

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 ...

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 ...