Schematic diagram of the dielectric barrier discharge plasma device. Source: Sci. Rep. 15, 17954 (2025) ...

A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical seismic events. These earthquakes, recorded during hydraulic fracturing for oil ...

Our group has recently developed StimuFrac, a nontoxic stimuli-responsive fracturing fluid consisting on a CO2-reactive polymer which has been shown at the lab-scale to consistently fracture rock ...

The success of Chevron and Halliburton’s closed-loop hydraulic fracturing process in Colorado could serve as a blueprint for global deployment in other unconventional plays.

HOUSTON, June 12, 2025--Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), and Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) jointly developed a new process that enables closed-loop, feedback-driven ...

An SEF Energy LLC unit prevailed in a patent dispute over hydraulic fracturing technology, with a federal tribunal rejecting a challenge to key oil and gas equipment patents. Intelligent Wellhead ...

SCOTT HELLER What books are on your night stand? This is constantly in flux, but right this minute Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “To Save and to Destroy” and Marie-Helene Bertino’s “Exit Zero.” ...