Horizontal drilling and fracking as a combined technique grew in popularity in part because it was shown to increase the ...

Despite early predictions of a natural gas crisis in the early 2000s, the U.S. dramatically increased its natural gas production, particularly through fracking and horizontal drilling techniques. This ...

The National Iranian South Oil Co. (NISOC), Ahwaz, Iran, has applied horizontal drilling technology to the country's carbonate and sandstone reservoirs to increase recoverable reserves, well ...

Natural gas extraction companies are currently targeting parts of western and eastern Virginia for drilling using the controversial technique known as hydraulic fracturing with horizontal drilling, ...