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Oil shale and hydraulic fracking deep to 4 km below ground

Oil Shale - Helping Secure Tomorrows Energy Demand!

Adaptive Process Solutions shares results for oil and gas produced water production

New Technique Could Help Decontaminate Oilsands Wastewater

Recycling Salty Water Could Help Control Detrimental Microbes in Alberta Drill Sites

New Industrial Drying System Promises to Save Water and Reduce Energy Use by 65 Percent

Enhancing Sustainability of Natural Gas Extraction via Tech Innovations in Wastewater Management

Researchers Develop Affordable, Less-intensive Methane Detection Procedure

Offshore Oil and Gas Rigs Leak More Greenhouse Gas than Expected

Fracking Has Less Impact on Groundwater Than Traditional Oil and Gas Production

Energy Analyst Calls on Province to Create New Agency to Monitor Oil and Gas Industry

Houston oil and gas blockchain company expands into new sector

Experts Fear Deserted Oil Tanker off Yemen Could Explode

How Oil War Affects Water Management in Libya

Mussels Are Inspiring New Technology That Could Help Purify Water And Clean Up Oil Spills

EPA Is Looking for Comments on a Draft Study of Oil and Gas Extraction Wastewater Management

Swapping Water for CO2 Could Make Fracking Greener and More Effective

EPA Seeks Public Input on Draft Study of Oil and Gas Extraction Wastewater Management

Produced Water to Be Recycled for Use Beyond New Mexico’s Oil Fields

How Safe Is it to Use Dispersants in Oil Spill Clean Ups?

De Nora Acquires Neptune Enterprises Forming De Nora Neptune, LLC

Cleaning Up Oil Using Magnets: Iron Oxide Particles are Very Attractive to Hydrocarbons

New Material Separates Oil and Water For Environmental Remediation and Wastewater Treatment

A Single ​Process To ​Handle ​Hydraulic ​Fracturing ​Produced Water ​And Offgases ​

MGX ​Announces ​Oilsands ​Lithium ​Extraction and ​Wastewater ​Treatment ​System ​Deployments

Blackstone Partners Up With Permian Basin Oil & Gas Water Management Platform

New Computational Model Leads the Way to More Efficient and Profitable Fracking

Bison Oilfield Services Becomes the Only Fully-integrated Water Midstream Company in Oklahoma

Pitt Engineering Studies Benefits in Treating Acid Mine Drainage and Shale Gas Wastewater

New Tech Could Generate Freshwater from Fracking Wastewater

Ground and Stream Water Clues Reveal Shale Drilling Impacts

New Oil-resistant Filter Technology

Study Shows Oil and Gas Rigs Could Help Protect Corals

Distilling a Solution for Fracking Wastewater

Enhanced Oil Recovery with Nanoparticles

Wood Sponge Soaks up Oil from Water (Video)

Testing an Undersea Robot That Can Detect and Map Oil Spills

Fracking Wastewater Accumulation Found in Freshwater Mussels' Shells

Effects of Fracking on Water Health

Siemens to Deliver Complete Wastewater Treatment System for New POSM Plant

Two New Winterized AQUCAR™ Water Treatment Microbiocides for Hydraulic Fracturing

Icebreaker Tests Out Oil Spill Recovery System

How Slick Water and Black Shale in Fracking Combine to Produce Radioactive Waste

No Link Between Barnett Shale Natural Gas Production and Methane in Groundwater

How Transfer of Radium During Hydraulic Fracturing Creates Radioactive Waste

When Oil and ​Water Mix: ​Understanding ​the Environmental Impacts of Fracking ​

Toxic Effects of Oil Dispersant on Oysters Following Deepwater Horizon Spill

Injection Wells Can Induce Earthquakes Miles Away from the Well

Can Earthquakes from Injected Wastewater be Predicted?

Graphene Laminated Pipes Could Reduce Corrosion in the Oil and Gas Industry

Oleo Sponge Successfully Cleans Ocean Oil Spills off Californian Coast

Water Use for Fracking has Risen by Up to 770 Percent Since 2011

Foam Could Offer Greener Option for Petroleum Drillers

Oil/Water Separator Principle (VIDEO)

New Research Explores Effective Produced Water Treatment

EPA Signs MOU with New Mexico to Explore Wastewater Reuse Options in Oil and Natural Gas Industry

Harnessing Natural Gas to Harvest Water from the Air Solves 2 Big Problems at Once

Mega-​structures for ​Oil Crude ​Desalination

Examining the ​Oil Field Water ​Challenge

Rapid and Efficient Oil-Water Separation Achieved by Newly-developed Particles

Exposure to Fracking Chemicals and Wastewater Spurs Fat Cells

What Can a Change of Direction in Saltwater Disposal Do for You?

Water ​Technologies ​International Licenses ​Technology for ​the Oil&Gas ​Industry with ​OriginClear

Studies Show Groundwater Holding Own Against Drilling Boom

There's No 'Silver Bullet' With Produced Water

Exploring What Oil Spills Do to Fresh Water

Bradford Co. Water Quality Improves; Impacts Rare Near Shale Gas Wells

New Study Examines Impacts of Fracking on Water Supplies Worldwide

Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Technology Separating the Brines into Dry Mineral Salts and Clean Water

Hydraulic Fracturing - The Case for Waterless Fracking

Artificial Intelligence Fueling Wasco's High-tech Water Treatment Plant

Oil and Gas Wastewater as Dust Suppressant Less Than Ideal

Study Finds No Evidence of Drinking Water Contamination from Fracking

Fracking may ​have caused ​South Korean ​earthquake ​– study ​

Sunlight Reduces Effectiveness of Dispersants Used in Oil Spills

Transforming Waste from Unconventional Oil and Gas Development into Reusable Water

Technologies to Transform Waste from Unconventional Oil & Gas Development into Reusable Water

An Oil-eating Bacterium to Clean Up Pollution and Spills

Technology for Treating Oily Water: Efficiency Exceeds Requirements 10 Times

What Plants Can Teach us About Oil Spill Clean-up and Microfluidics

Living Sensor Can Potentially Prevent Environmental Disasters From Fuel Spills

Increased Oil Recovery ​by Optimization of ​Brown Field Assets

SubSea Water Treatment

Controls for the Fracking Industry to Minimize Spill Risk

Changes in Mouse Breast Tissue After Exposure to Fracking Chemicals

Oil-loving Microbes Could Gobble Up Slicks And Spills

Oklahoma’s Earthquakes Strongly Linked to Wastewater Injection Depth

Radioactivity from Oil and Gas Wastewater Persists in Pennsylvania Stream Sediments

2017 Innovation Award Awarded to AquaSource Technologies Corporation

How COSIA Reduces the Oil Sands' Environmental Impact and Saves Water

UM Researchers Working on Acoustic Detection for Undersea Oil Leaks

Environmentally-friendly Waterless Fracking with Supercritical CO2

Modeling the Effects of Wastewater Injection

Waste Treatment Costs Could Limit UK Fracking

Hydraulic Fracturing Negatively Impacts Infant Health, Princeton Study Concludes

Water-jet Drill Instead of Fracking Saves Water

Cheaper and Energy-​efficient ​Method to ​Provide Clean ​Water to the ​Oil & Gas Industries ​

New Technique to Detect Oil in Water During LNG Processing

Best Water Management Practices in the Permian Basin

An Effective Solution for Collecting Spilled Petroleum

Oil Supermajors Named and Shamed Over Water Investments

SUEZ Broke Ground on a New Laboratory to Enhance Innovation for the Oil and Gas Industry

Dirty Water in U.S. Shale Patch Drives Investment in Water Handlers

Water Lens Currently Tests for 26 Parameters in a Single Analysis

Filter May Be a Match for Fracking Water

Solving the ​Fracking Water ​Problem

Scottish Petrochemical Plant Saves Water with GE's Tech Solution

Water Reuse At Oil Drilling Sites May Reduce Fracking-Induced Earthquakes

Abandoned Wells Pump Thousands of Tonnes of ‘Fugitive’ Emissions

New Chevron Venture Program Selects Pipeline Inspection Technologies

Tracking Oil Leaks in Real Time

Goodnight Midstream Acquires Wyatt Water Solutions

Alberta ​Oilsands ​Cutting Water ​Use While ​Upping ​Production

Shale’s Lessons Inform Deep-water Fracking

Affordable, ​Green Chemistry ​Oil Water ​Separation ​Solutions

​Fracking Pollution Stays ​in Waterways Long After the Fracking is ​Done

Fracking Fluid ​Alternatives

Sustainable ​Water ​Management in ​Oil and Gas ​Operations

Nanoparticles and Magnets Can Remove Oil from Water

Microbes to Clean Oil Spills

GE launches integrated service offering for offshore oil and gas water treatment

Carbon-nanotube Mesh for Oil Cleanup

Could Fiber Optics Help Detect Leaks on Oil Rigs and Pipelines?

Smart Water Trends for 2017

Household Water Use Monitoring

Grundfos to Make Intelligent Water Dispensing Units in India

EPA Awards $10M for Coastal Monitoring Program

Innovyze and WinCan Join Hands to Power Wastewater Asset Management

China to Build Sponge Cities to Address Water Logging

Manhattan's Flood Protection Ribbon Awarded

New California Water Research Center