hydraulic fracturing News

Thousands of times every day, drilling deep underground causes the earth to tremble. But do not blame the surprise flurry of earthquakes in Oklahoma on man’s thirst for oil and gas, experts say. The weekend quakes were far stronger than …

The U.S. Geological Survey says no fracking fluid has been found in domestic water wells in the Fayetteville Shale area of Van Buren County, Arkansas. The fluid is a byproduct of hydraulic fracturing – or fracking. It’s a process of …