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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oil companies are using Hydraulic Fracturing or “fracking” more and more to get oil and natural gas out of the ground and into our cars and heaters. Fracking involves shooting high pressured sand, ...

SAN ANTONIO — Hydraulic fracturing is competing for water in some of the driest regions of the U.S., including the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, according to a research paper released Wednesday by ...