Drillers’ injection of wastewater is creating mayhem across the Permian Basin, raising concern about the future of ...

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Water is a key feature of energy production, both as an inconvenient byproduct and an essential input for fracking. Select ...

In recent years, Schuyler Wight has noticed a growing number of abandoned oil wells coming back to life, gurgling fluids to the surface of his West Texas ranch. Last week he found the biggest one yet.

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The historic “land between two rivers” faces a crisis as the Tigris and Euphrates shrink dramatically amid severe drought and ...

In New Mexico—one of the largest producers of oil and gas in the country—researchers are trying to grow hemp, sunflowers and trees with purified fracking wastewater. For now, using such “produced ...

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Some areas in the Permian have hit geological limits while others, yet to be drilled, are not expected to be as prolific as the prime Tier 1 acreage. Despite record U.S. crude oil production, limits ...