Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. The price of oil dropped in 2015 and many oil and gas ...

Over the past decade, the number of horizontal wells in the United States has risen from approximately 110,000 to over 200,000 and given the country’s concerted efforts to achieve energy ...

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is an essential technique in the oil and gas industry, used to extract natural gas and oil from deep underground reservoirs. Traditionally, the process has involved a ...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Evolution Well Services announces a long-term electric hydraulic fracturing contract with a Permian Basin operator to begin in Q4 2022. The contract will employ ...

TEXAS, USA — Oilfield services company Schlumberger has reportedly sold its frac operations. The company sold the operations to Liberty Oilfield Services in exchange for a 37% interest in Liberty.

RigNet's Intelie Live platform renewed; continues to enhance efficiency, higher productivity, and a safer work environment. HOUSTON, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- RigNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNET) today ...

Aurora Innovation has struck a major commercial agreement with Detmar Logistics to deploy a fleet of autonomous trucks that will haul frac sand around the clock for one of the world’s largest oil and ...

Adopting next-generation pump power, wet sand, and dry chemicals reduces fracturing emissions by about 30%. SLB conducted a lifecycle assessment of emissions from typical US fracturing operations. The ...

Fracking operations along the Front Range of Colorado. Fracking operations are at the center of the shale revolution which has transformed the US energy picture in the past 20 years. Fracking has also ...