Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Oxnard-based oil company wants to resume fracking off the California coast. Here, a surfer catches a wave in Santa Barbara ...

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.

Over the course of millions of years, heat and pressure can transform the organic remains of animals and plants into crude oil. That's why they're called a fossil fuels — the long-dead creatures that ...

Colombia's new government plans to revive fracking as shrinking gas reserves and rising LNG imports intensify pressure on the ...

Chevron and Halliburton have jointly developed a new process that enables closed-loop, feedback-driven completions in Colorado. This intelligent fracturing process combines automated stage execution ...

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 ...

Following months of consultations with energy experts, Mexico is preparing to tap its shale oil and gas reserves using one of ...

Dr. Amy Acton has said she wants to cut back, while Vivek Ramaswamy has shown a "drill, frack, burn coal, embrace nuclear" stance.

An Oxnard-based oil company wants to resume fracking off the California coast. Here, a surfer catches a wave in Santa Barbara County with an offshore oil platform in the distance.(Kayla Bartkowski / ...