THE international exploration company behind plans to carry out gas 'fracking' in Ireland has never used the controversial process commercially before. And Australian firm Tamboran Resources will have ...

The prohibition on fracking is to continue in Ireland. Fracking is the extraction of natural gas by pumping high pressure water and chemicals into shale formations deep underground. Environmental ...

An Australian mining company is seeking to exploit a substantial gas field on the Fermanagh/Leitrim border with the promise of hundreds of jobs from a multi-billion euro investment. The project is ...

The Government’s plan to establish the UK shale gas industry through the controversial process of fracking is taking longer than expected, a new report has said. The National Audit Office (NAO) report ...

Minister of State for Natural Resources Joe McHugh has defended the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in examining the hyrdraulic fracturing process, known as fracking. “We have to give ...

Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as “fracking,” is a process of extracting natural gas and oil from several miles deep beneath the Earth’s surface. Over the past decade, fracking has ...

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