the fiscal year 2011 budget.The issue is playing an increasingly prominent role in energy debates. The gas drilling method, dubbed “fracking,” involves high-pressure injections of chemicals, water and ...
Hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as fracking, has been used in the United States for decades — stretching back to the 1940s and 50s. However, the technology boomed in the country during the ...
Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) today moved a step closer to starting a big fight with the natural gas industry over a controversial drilling technique behind a sharp rise in ...
Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) and Underbalanced Drilling (UBD) techniques represent significant advancements in the safe and efficient extraction of hydrocarbons. MPD employs sophisticated control ...