A series of more than 100 small earthquakes in Surrey in 2018 and 2019 might have been triggered by oil extraction from a nearby well, suggests a new study. A series of more than 100 small earthquakes ...

Explore the differences between shale oil and conventional oil, including extraction costs and methods, and how these impact ...

At present, oil extraction in the United States sits at record levels of roughly 13.2 million barrels per day. No wonder oil is so expensive. Wait, what’s that you say? U.S. extraction at record ...

Texas has experienced over 100 earthquakes in just nine days, an unusual occurrence for a seismically inactive region. Experts attribute the earthquakes to oil and gas extraction activities, primarily ...

Oil forms when organic material – the remains of living things – gets compressed and heated under layers of sediment. Some social media users are claiming this process occurs as quickly as the ...