Muckerman: It does. They lower the piping down, and before they drill any further, they force cement down the hole, and wraps around the pipe at the bottom, and then upfills, and once it's cemented ...

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) increases oilfield productivity by creating high-conductivity flow paths that connect low-permeability rock to the wellbore, reduce near-wellbore damage (skin), and ...

For years, fracking has been a hot topic of debate in the United States. The process works by drilling deep below the earth’s surface and extracting gas by injecting a high-pressure water mixture that ...

You've probably heard about fracking, by now. It's a short-hand term for hydraulic fracturing, a method for extracting natural gas by drilling into shale and pumping a mix of water and chemicals into ...

Fracking can negatively impact air and water quality in fracked areas Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Reviewed by JeFreda R. Brown The U.S. natural gas industry has enjoyed record levels of ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recorded 53 earthquakes near a well pad in Buffalo Township between April 22 and May 8. Encino Energy halted fracking operations on the wells at the Bears Pad ...