Two Houston-area companies are working to make an industry known to be notoriously unfriendly to the environment more responsible and profitable. In recent weeks, The Woodlands-based Evolution Well ...

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 ...

Consol Energy has begun using new, cleaner-burning engines to run its hydraulic fracturing pumps at natural gas well sites on Pittsburgh International Airport property. The company says the diesel ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. To many, it’s still a surprise just how big a modern frac ...

Automated fracturing systems use machine learning models trained on extensive historical data to optimize treatment designs in real-time. Electric frac spreads with centralized digital control enable ...

Hydraulic fracturing is a completion technique that pumps high-pressure fluid and proppant into a low-permeability reservoir to create and prop open fractures, increasing flow paths so oil can move to ...