It was the first time in 12 years that Arlington has opened new land for fracking. TotalEnergies will drill 10 new gas wells amid an uptick in Barnett Shale activity.

The formation is five times the size of the bountiful Barnett Shale in Texas. The success at Renz Well No. 1, and subsequent industry successes, helped to spark the Shale Revolution in the United ...

Indeed, the Barnett Shale, the storied ground zero of the fracking era, has largely faded from relevance. The Barnett once accounted for almost 40 percent of U.S. gas production; last year it fell ...

She didn’t want a repeat of 2013, when she experienced nosebleeds after natural gas drilling began at the site just a quarter mile from her home in Arlington, Texas, in the Barnett Shale. A 2019 ...

Hydraulic fracturing is what is commonly referred to as fracking. The Barnett shale formation in northern Texas was one of the first places to use hydraulic fracturing technology, according to ...

Hydraulic fracturing is what is commonly referred to as fracking. The Barnett shale formation in northern Texas was one of the first places to use hydraulic fracturing technology, according to ...

Fracking began here on the Barnett Shale. And communities on the shale did enjoy an influx of cash in the early years of the fracking boom some 15 years ago.

Fracking operations are at the center of the shale revolution which has transformed the US energy picture in the past 20 years. Fracking has also been the centerpiece of environmental protest.

But while opposition is stronger and more organized than during the Barnett Shale boom a decade ago, she and Wilson admit that most Texans do not share their concerns about fracking and its impact ...

And why the Kavango Basin? Nick Steinsberger: First of all, that fracking discovery that took place in 1997 was when I was with Mitchell Energy, in charge of completion for the Barnett Shale.