Worries over whether fracking introduces methane gas and drilling fluid into local drinking water pervade communities at the center of a natural gas boom in Pennsylvania.
Worries over whether fracking introduces methane gas and drilling fluid into local drinking water pervade communities at the center of a natural gas boom in Pennsylvania.
The moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has been lifted. The ban was implemented in the aftermath of April's BP oil spill. Firms will be expected to meet a range of new safety rules.
The moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has been lifted. The ban was implemented in the aftermath of April's BP oil spill. Firms will be expected to meet a range of new safety rules.
By 60 years of age, 60% of men and 40% of women snore. The noise level can reach more than 80 decibels, as loud as a pneumatic drill breaking up concrete.
Using a giant drill ship the researchers aim to be the first to punch a hole through the rocky crust that covers our planet and to reach the mantle below.
A team of Russian scientists is just 100 feet from drilling into a vast Antarctic lake, a primitive and pristine ecosystem that has been untouched for millions of years.
Scientists will try to retrieve the deepest types of rock ever. The drilling project is taking place off Costa Rica, and will attempt to reach some 2km (1.25 miles) under the ocean floor.
Scientists will attempt to extract pristine samples from the earth's mantle in an ambitious new drilling project. Convection in this layer is key to shaping the surface above.
In 1971 a Soviet drilling rig accidentally punched into a massive underground gas cavern. The Soviets set the hole alight to head off a potential environmental catastrophe.
14 years from when it was started, the 35 mile Gotthard Tunnel has been successfully drilled under the Alps. It is a spectacular monument to Swiss vim and vigor.