The U.S. pressure pumping market is down overall, but the demand for modern equipment isn't as affected. ProPetro is one of the service suppliers that has already upgraded most of its fleets and now ...

United States fracking companies are increasingly sending their idle equipment overseas, finding new markets abroad as growth slows in the shale fields of Texas, New Mexico and elsewhere.

High demand for next-generation fleets, such as electric frac spreads and dual-fuel frac spreads supports pricing premiums over and above those afforded by the tight equipment supply. Industrywide ...

Increasing simul-fracking adoption will exacerbate matters, since its higher equipment requirements also apply to frac sand. Prices will remain high until frac sand providers can introduce adequate ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," has led to a boom in U.S. natural gas and oil production, but it remains controversial because of the potential harm it can cause to the environment. A Tucson ...

Scientists attribute a rise in earthquakes in Argentine Patagonia to the expansion of extraction of gas and oil by fracking.