The federal government is offering Canadian oil and gas drillers counter-tariff reprieve on the vast amounts of sand they ...

“Most of B.C.’s natural gas is produced using hydraulic fracturing, a process that has been used in northeastern B.C. for decades,” the platform read.

The process requires dozens of chemicals for various purposes, including reducing heat and suspending drill cuttings to avoid clogs. Fracking is booming in northeastern BC, where more than 7300 shale ...

Scientists at the University of New Brunswick have expressed concerns about the process’s water consumption. Each fracking well requires enough water to fill from eight-to-24 Olympic-sized swimming ...

Re: B.C. shouldn’t allow fracking free-for-all, Opinion, Aug. 16 Ben Parfitt has written a comprehensive article on the hazards associated with earthquakes caused by the fracking process needed ...

More than 30,000 wells needed over the next 25 years for new LNG export projects, calculates renowned earth scientist David ...

The Department of Energy report, released Monday, was the first time an energy company allowed independent monitoring of a drilling site during the fracking process and for 18 months afterward ...

B.C.'s fracking industry consumed 5.2 billion litres of water in 2021 The volume of freshwater used by the oil and gas industry in 2021 was enough to fill roughly 2,080 olympic size swimming pools.

But that review is “incomplete” without also looking at how the oil and gas industry uses water, which is an essential part of the fracking process, noted the open letter. The letter is signed ...

The sand is used in the hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — process to help free resources trapped in hard-to-access shale formations deep underground. Updated July 17, 2025 at 3:45 p.m.

A coalition of environmental, community and First Nation organizations is calling for the B.C. NDP to broaden a campaign promise to review fracking by instead ordering a full public inquiry.