Developed in the late 1940s, hydraulic fracturing, also known as a frac job, is the practice of injecting a well with large amounts of frac fluids under high pressure in order to break the rocks.

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Halliburton and Coterra Energy have introduced autonomous hydraulic fracturing technology in North America, boosting ...

Protecting American Energy Production Act passed through the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday. This legislation ...

Role of Automation in Hydraulic Fracturing 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.

Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) and Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE: LBRT) (“Liberty”) today announced that the industry’s first natural ...