The U.S. produced more oil in 2023 than has ever been produced in any year by any country, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Big Oil has become more productive as horizontal ...

President-elect Donald Trump may find the road to cheaper gas prices is a little rocky. “Frack, frack, frack and drill, baby, drill,” Trump said at an October rally. Trump has said he wants to lower ...

U.S. shale giants won’t budge from their plans, despite the market chaos.

Over the course of millions of years, heat and pressure can transform the organic remains of animals and plants into crude oil. That's why they're called a fossil fuels — the long-dead creatures that ...

When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met on the ABC News debate stage this week, the vice president reiterated her changed energy position, saying she would not institute a "fracking ban" if elected.

Banning fracking is a bad idea, but promising $2-a-gallon gasoline is silly, yet during an election season, politicians will say the darndest things. Voters who care about energy costs need to look ...

The United States is pumping more oil than any country in world history. Without all that crude, Americans could already be paying $4 or even $5 a gallon for gasoline, making the energy spike caused ...

A major political group says that to solve America's environmental problems, we must let Big Oil have more control over public policy. That group is Big Oil. Indeed, such giants as Exxon and Shell Oil ...

GRAND FORKS – A study released this month links higher dropout rates nationwide to increased hydraulic fracturing. Fracking increased the high school dropout rates among teenage males more than ...

Fracking in western North Dakota has produced no profits and negative return on investment since 2014. Thus, there is economic justification for diversification of energy production in North Dakota.