Hydraulic fracturing uses large amounts of water, between 2 and 8 million gallons (about as much water as 10,000 to 80,000 homes would use each day) every time a well is fractured (Ehrenberg 2012).

When this rock is softer and more porous, like sandstone and limestone, removing oil from them is kind of like squeezing the ...

Horizontal drilling can extend more than 1 mile (1.6 km) from the vertical well bore, according to Texas A&M University's publication "Hydraulic Fracturing and your Private Water Well." ...

A natural gas company has surrendered its permits to pump water from a western Pennsylvania creek in a move welcomed by ...

This natural gas boom is largely thanks to hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking. This extraction process combines chemicals, often toxic ones, with large amounts of water and sand at ...

The agency said it discovered synthetic chemicals associated with gas production and hydraulic fracturing fluids inside deep water wells in the region. Although the study is limited to a gas field ...

which consists of 90% of water, 9.5% of sand and 0.5% of additives to create microfractures. The main technologies of hydraulic fracturing include plug & perf and sliding sleeve.The plug and perf ...

Fracking, also called hydraulic fracturing ... Fracking companies drill horizontal wells, and then they force sand, water, and a mix of chemicals into them. That makes the shale crack and release ...

“Fracking” is a common name for hydraulic fracturing, which is a process that uses a high-pressure mix of water, chemicals ...

PennEnergy Resources asked the state’s Department of Environmental Protection in April to rescind its permits for 1.5 million ...