Proper evaluation of a claim of groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracturing requires several steps, which include characterization of the background groundwater condition, the environmental ...

Despite protestations to the contrary and hysteric claims made by green activists, the existing peer-reviewed evidence shows hydraulic fracturing processes do not pose a systemic impact on groundwater ...

Researchers report methane levels in groundwater during the course of hydraulic fracturing operations in the Marcellus Shale. With the growth of unconventional oil and gas development, concerns over ...

New research demonstrates that groundwater quality changes alongside the expansion of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing but also suggests that some potentially hazardous effects may ...

A study by the Energy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin finds no direct connection between hydraulic fracturing and reports of groundwater contamination. No direct connection has been ...

A study examines the proximity of domestic groundwater wells to hydraulically fractured oil and gas wells in the United States. Self-supply groundwater wells provide drinking water to around 45 ...

Brian D. Drollette receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Desiree L. Plata receives funding from the National Science Foundation. US natural gas production increased by 42% between ...

A new peer-reviewed study led by researchers at Duke University and released in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, the journal of The Geochemical Society and The Meteoritical Society, in April 2017 ...

Hydraulic fracturing of shale formations to extract natural gas has no direct connection to reports of groundwater contamination, based on evidence reviewed in a recent study. Hydraulic fracturing of ...