Sergey Sitnov, Senior Research Associate of the Laboratory, is one of the seven 2017 Russian Presidential Grant winners from KFU. His work at the laboratory focuses on finding ways to increase ...

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An EPA study that downplays the threat of fracking on drinking water supplies was hailed Friday by oil industry supporters of the controversial high-pressure oil-extraction method, but ...

We’re a world on the move. Traveling is now an everyday part of life, whether it’s a drive to a new neighborhood or a flight around the world. With all of this movement, there need to be sources of ...

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Barbara R. Shook, senior reporter-at-large at the Energy Intelligence Group, about how low oil prices need to go to make "unconventional oil" extraction too expensive.

Unconventional oil refers to crude oil extracted through new methods like hydraulic fracturing and oil sands mining. Explore ...