This column concerns hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in Alaska. Fracking...permitting requirements for hydraulic fracturing along the Dalton Highway on the...permitted drilling. Hydraulic fracturing is exempt from the Safe Drinking...

...will require companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. The new "fracking" rule replaces a draft proposed last year that was withdrawn amid industry complaints that...

...emissions than other fossil fuels such as coal or oil. But environmental groups worry that drilling techniques such as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, could harm drinking water supplies or cause other problems.Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the panel's senior...

...can be attributed to the high price of oil and industry-wide technological innovation - horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. It has nothing to do with the state's tax structure. In fact, according to a North Dakota television news station they...

...of natural gas. With the boom in production from hydraulic fracturing, the United States is awash in natural gas for the near future...temperature and produced gases. They tracked injected gases without fracturing the formation.Scientists collected data from 30 days of...

...posted two goals and an assist on Oct. 20 against Mercyhurst.Junior forward Brett Cameron missed tonight's game after fracturing his collar bone the previous night and is expected to be out through the holiday season.The Seawolves return home for a...

...Chicago.The Port of Olympia has found new business importing oil field supplies, including special sand used in the hydraulic fracturing drilling process. The Bradken foundry in Tacoma is expanding to make large metal castings used in the energy industry.

...process formally called "hydraulic fracturing" but better known as fracking can give...been plagued by claims that hydraulic fracturing has contaminated nearby water wells...don't think any is caused by hydraulic fracturing," he said. The companies doing fracking...

...issued moratoriums on fracking? With fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, a well is drilled thousands of feet deep into rock. Then...toluene, xylene and formaldehyde - are blasted into the shale, fracturing it and releasing the natural gas. Suddenly, the inaccessible...

...prices are near 10-year lows and some wells are losing money. Breakthroughs in gas extraction - in particular, hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" - have made gas cheap and abundant. Gas inventories are piling up, and if reserves go unsold, expect prices...