I want to like hydraulic fracturing technology in oil and gas drilling. Why? Well, because I enjoy driving my car, living in a warm house, cooking on a gas stove, watching Top Shot, Project Runway and ...

New natural gas discoveries in shale rock formations and rapid technological advances to recover the gas have improved the U.S. domestic energy outlook. The nation’s domestic natural gas reserves are ...

Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as “fracking,” is a process of extracting natural gas and oil from several miles deep beneath the Earth’s surface. Over the past decade, fracking has ...

The Petroleum Engineering Department in collaboration with West Texas Geology Society, recently hosted a two-day course for both oil and gas professionals and UTPB students. About 70 students, faculty ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a method of extracting natural gas by blasting underground rock with water, sand and chemicals. People are protesting its use, saying fracking causes “yellowed ...

Chevron Corporation’s CVX subsidiary, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., in strategic partnership with Halliburton Company HAL, a Houston, TX-based oil and gas equipment and services firm, has unveiled a ...