Fracking for UK onshore oil and gas hit the headlines again during 2025. The year opened with the announcement by Europa Oil ...

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Protests by environmental campaigners have increased awareness of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking", but the process has been used in the UK's oil and gas industries for decades. So what has changed ...

Business groups have welcomed the opening of the bidding process for shale companies seeking licences to explore for oil and gas. It comes after the government yesterday said it was going out "all out ...

It's a term commonly used in the news, but here we set out what's actually involved in shale gas extraction. Fracking is a common process that has been widely used in the oil and gas industry for more ...

The gas is extracted from shale rock through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Fracking for oil and gas is a safe process, providing proper safety measures are taken, according to an independent ...

David Hockney, one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century, has lent his support to fracking, because he believes it is too difficult to stop the controversial method of extracting ...

New permits for a fracking process have been stopped in Texas after the drilling technique was linked to a recent spate of earthquakes. The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), which oversees the state ...

'Fracking' comes from the term 'hydraulic fracturing' and is a process used to extract natural gas from the ground. It involves pumping a mixture of water, chemicals and sand into the ground at high ...

The global energy crisis has been postponed yet again, so it’s time to forget about “peak oil”. Human ingenuity has saved the day again. By Garry White and Emma Rowley 04 March 2013 • 6:00am The ...

The beautiful expanse of grassland on the RSPB’s Beckingham Marshes reserve is exactly the kind of environment antifracking protesters are so determined to protect. During their ‘Solidarity Sunday’ ...

Fracking for oil and gas is a safe process, providing proper safety measures are taken, according to an independent report. Fracking is seen as a controversial way of extracting gas or oil from the ...