The Institute for Energy Research

Fracking Saved U.S. Natural Gas Consumers Between $3 and $4 Trillion

The University of California at Berkeley’s Haas Energy Institute released a study on the shale gas revolution, noting that ...
NBC New York

Fracking led the U.S. to pump more oil than any country in history — here's what that means for the green energy transition

The U.S. produced more oil in 2023 than has ever been produced in any year by any country, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Big Oil has become more productive as horizontal ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Marrying horizontal drilling with fracking is a new development

Horizontal drilling isn't new. Such wells have been drilled for the better part of a century. But combining it with hydraulic fracturing to produce gas and oil from shale is a far more recent ...
KTAB Abilene on MSN

Fracking makes the Texas oil and gas industry possible; it may also be harming the state

Horizontal drilling and fracking as a combined technique grew in popularity in part because it was shown to increase the ...
CBC.ca

Yukon government recommends focus on horizontal fracking

The CBC has received internal government documents revealing the Yukon government's draft strategy for hydraulic fracturing in the territory. The documents include a PowerPoint presentation by the ...
Oil

3D horizontal trajectory reduces drilling cost

Efficient drilling in shale reservoirs requires detailed 3-dimensional (3D) horizontal well trajectories. An orthogonal-arc trajectory (OAT) method assumes a single constant curvature in the curved ...