A Texas-based company was chosen as the highest and best bid to frack about 170 acres of Leesville Wildlife Area during this month’s Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting.

CAMPAIGNERS and politicians have had a mixed reaction to the last-minute postponement of a decision on plans for a 38m high gas rig in ...

A meeting to discuss proposals to drill for gas in a North Yorkshire village has been postponed while the plans are ...

Plans to build a gas drilling rig in a North Yorkshire village are set to be discussed by councillors at a meeting on Friday.

Plans for a gas drilling rig near Scarborough have been recommended for approval despite more than 1,500 local objections. Planning officers at North Yorkshire Council have backed plans by Europa Oil ...

Plans for a controversial gas drilling rig near Scarborough have been recommended for approval despite more than 1,500 local objections.

The technique, honed over the past 15 years in the US, is now being deployed to unlock hard-to-reach oil and gas reserves ...

The process commonly known as fracking is a uniquely American invention that’s quickly becoming a major US export, thanks to rising power demand and the world’s inability to quit fossil fuels.

A controversial fracking plan in Western Australia’s remote and ecologically delicate Kimberley region was approved by the state’s environmental protection authority on Tuesday, angering environmental ...

Ohio has hundreds of injection wells that store waste from oil and natural gas production. In one southeast Ohio city, ...

Cheap Venezuelan oil may boost US refiners while crushing shale producers, swelling WTI surpluses and dragging global oil ...