The California Coastal Commission this week will consider an oil company's proposal for fracking wells off Ventura. Here's ...

Ohio's Oil and Gas Management Commission approved bids to allow fracking on nearly 15,000 acres of public land. The approved areas include Egypt Valley and Jockey Hollow wildlife areas, as well as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fracking, shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, is set to become a cornerstone of President-elect Donald Trump's energy agenda.

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is an essential technique in the oil and gas industry, used to extract natural gas and oil from deep underground reservoirs. Traditionally, the process has involved a ...

Clarification: This story was updated to clarify that no drilling will occur until bids are awarded. Ohio is opening up more than 8,200 acres of a wildlife area in southeastern Ohio and another 500 ...

Earlier this month, state-owned oil company Petroecuador announced a new project involving “hydraulic fracturing” in an oil block in the Ecuadorian Amazon. As a result, some observers spoke out ...

The federal government took a major step forward toward opening more than 2,800 acres of Ohio's only national forest to oil and gas development. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced a lease ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," as it is known, has been a hot-button issue in the 2024 race for the White House between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as the two ...