News : hydraulic fracturing

“Promised Land” – a new movie that portrays a fictional town’s efforts to resist fracking – is drawing renewed attention to the controversial drilling process by which energy companies extract natural gas from shale deposits.

Fracking is a technique that involves injecting chemicals, sand, and millions...

Its official! Vermont has become the first state to ban hydraulic fracturing or fracking.

Vermont Governor Peter Shulman recently signed the bill, which bans the controversial drilling method. He...

Texas League of Conservation Voters calls public disclosure of hydraulic fracturing fluids “smart public policy and in the best interest of all Texans, industry”
AUSTIN, TX (Dec. 13, 2011)—The following statement on the Texas Railroad Commission’s adoption of the rule requiring disclosure of fluids used in hydraulic fracturing may be attributed to David Weinberg, Executive Director of the Texas League of...

Murray Hill and New Providence, N.J., November 7, 2011 -- Linde North America, a member of The Linde Group, a world-leading gases and engineering company, today announced that Linde technology specialist Robin Weir will demonstrate the value of using energized solutions for hydraulic fracturing in the extraction of hydrocarbons from unconventional reservoirs at the 2011 World Shale Gas...

Hydraulic Fracturing can contaminate water supplies
Stamford, CT – March 3, 2011 – In recent years the new process of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, has seem poised to transform the natural gas industry.  Allowing natural gas production companies to tap into huge gas reserves by releasing natural gas molecules trapped in shale, fracking has been seen as a potential answer to America’s energy problems and...

Leading energy company advises caution regarding the impact of shale
Stamford, CT – February 2, 2011 – In recent years the discovery of new shale gas deposits and new drilling technology, such as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, have dramatically increased the United States natural gas reserves.  The dramatic economic success of shale drilling has spurred similar development in other countries and...