The marriage of these two techniques of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling enabled the shale oil and gas boom in the U.S. But the second development is what primarily thrust the ...

Halliburton and Coterra Energy have introduced autonomous hydraulic fracturing technology in North America, boosting ...

Developed in the late 1940s, hydraulic fracturing, also known as a frac job, is the practice of injecting a well with large amounts of frac fluids under high pressure in order to break the rocks.

Pennsylvania holds what could be a significant source of lithium, a key component in powering everything from cell phones to ...

The revolution is the product of advances in oil and natural gas production technology—notably, a new combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. These technological advances ...

This is due to horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing and the ingenuity of the U.S. oil and gas industry. Rather than file lawsuits, this is another reason to hug a fracker.