The proposed fracking plan would quadruple production on an aging offshore platform in the Santa Barbara Channel.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Harris promised early on in her initial 2019 bid for the presidency to ban the practice if she were elected, and has since recanted that position. Tuesday’s debate moderators questioned the switch. “I ...

SB219 is in line with Ohio lawmakers’ efforts in recent years to jump-start fracking underneath state lands. While then-Gov. John Kasich signed legislation in 2011 authorizing such drilling, Kasich ...

Ohio has become a state of easy virtue for readily allowing “fracking waste” – the hazardous byproducts of the high-pressure slurries injected to extract oil and natural gas from shale far below Earth ...