The phenomenon behind this prediction is well known. In recent years fracking, the new technique of hydraulic fracturing, has turned the US natural gas sector on its head, as it has given access to ...

Victoria Trinko says she hasn’t opened the windows to her home in Bloomer, Wisconsin, in more than two years. That’s around the time a mining company began churning up silica sand a half-mile from her ...

The sand quarry is planned for a field in Cranage, near Holmes Chapel Plans to quarry for silica sand on farmland in Cheshire have been approved by councillors, despite more than 800 objections.

The Government’s plan to establish the UK shale gas industry through the controversial process of fracking is taking longer than expected, a new report has said. The National Audit Office (NAO) report ...

Campaigners have criticised the Government for failing to consider measures which they claim could reduce the environmental impact of fracking at Cuadrilla’s controversial Preston New Road site.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Feb 10, 2014) - Victory Nickel Inc. ("Victory Nickel" or the "Company") (NI.TO) today announced that the first nine-railcar shipment of washed, concentrated sand from ...

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 phenomenon behind this prediction is well known. In recent years fracking, the new technique of hydraulic fracturing, has turned the US natural gas sector on its head, as it has given access to ...

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