Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. The price of oil dropped in 2015 and many oil and gas ...

Halliburton Company HAL, based in Houston, TX, has taken a significant step forward in the oil and gas industry with the introduction of the Octiv Auto Frac service, a cutting-edge addition to the ...

Diamondback Energy, Inc. FANG, Halliburton HAL and VoltaGrid LLC have formed a strategic partnership to deploy four advanced electric simul-frac fleets across the Permian Basin. The Permian Basin, one ...

In a pair of announcements, Select Sands reported that it had landed a long-term contract to supply frac sand to a large exploration and production company operating in the Eagle Ford Shale of South ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fort Worth, Texas-based Weir Oil & Gas, a leading upstream provider of pressure pumping and pressure control equipment and services, today announced it has taken an important ...

WAYZATA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. (“Dakota Plains” or “the Company”), (OTCQB:DAKP) is pleased to announce the commencement, on June 12, 2014, of its frac sand transloading ...

TEXAS, USA — Oilfield services company Schlumberger has reportedly sold its frac operations. The company sold the operations to Liberty Oilfield Services in exchange for a 37% interest in Liberty.

The Winona City Council on Tuesday took another step forward in finalizing laws to govern the city’s frac sand industry, establishing that all future operations contributing to more than 20 percent of ...

· Additional frac tree mobilising to Cambay-77H well site for contingency Oilex Ltd (ASX: OEX, AIM: OEX) is pleased to announce that Fracture Stimulation Operations (Frac Ops) have recommenced ...

Insufficient distance between wellbores caused a vertical oil well to leak fluids after hydraulic fracturing of a nearby horizontal well last January in Red Deer County, Alta., an investigation by the ...

This innovative agreement involves VoltaGrid, an advanced energy management and generation company, delivering approximately 200 megawatts of electric power to support FANG’s field operations. The ...