Stories Tagged as
Fracking
Frackers face labor, equipment and materials shortages as they try to capitalize on high oil prices
by
Andy Uhler
Mar 11, 2022
The people and equipment they need are already hard at work.
Could U.K. fracking wean Europe off its addiction to Russian gas?
Mar 10, 2022
The government says it is mulling the possibility of lifting the fracking suspension to ease the energy crisis caused by the invasion of Ukraine.
Searching for meaning in the North Dakota oil boom
Feb 16, 2021
In a new book, Michael Patrick F. Smith reflects on his time working on an oil field in North Dakota.
Midland, Texas, and the oil industry prepare for a change in power
by
Andy Uhler
Nov 9, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden said he does not want to ban fracking outright, but producers in Midland are nonetheless preparing for more regulation.
Oil and gas companies are donating more to Democrats
by
David Brancaccio
, Nova Safo
and Alex Schroeder
Oct 16, 2020
Oil and gas companies are trying to protect their interests if Biden wins.
The natural gas well that changed everything
Sep 15, 2020
In this excerpt, Daniel Yergin writes about a man’s determination to extract gas from underground rock denser than concrete.
Energy sector woes muddying the future of sand mines
by
Andy Uhler
Jul 13, 2020
Sand is an important material used in fracking for oil and gas. When prices dive and oil companies cut costs, sand mines shut down.
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Reporter's notebook: a bitterly contested $8 billion pipeline along the Appalachian Trail
by
Scott Tong
Feb 24, 2020
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court case to be heard Monday.
Questions about shale production arise as U.S. oil production falls
by
Scott Tong
Oct 1, 2019
Analysts have raised questions about the limits of shale oil wells in the United States.
Amid fracking boom, some drillers struggle to earn
by
Scott Tong
Jul 11, 2019
Natural gas companies are struggling, in large part because the prices they’re selling at are so low.