Fracking

Alongside leading candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden, third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is looking to win the 2024 presidential election. To help fund his campaign efforts, Kennedy Jr. will receive political donations and could also count on his own personal financials, which include...

After the 2020 presidential election, traders and investors will likely turn to sectors that are favored by the winning candidate. Over the last week, Benzinga has shared stocks and ETFs to watch across several sectors. Along with the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY), here is a summary of...

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and incumbent Republican President Donald Trump have very different stances on the energy sector. Biden favors clean energy and a shift to renewables, while Trump has voiced support for the fossil fuel industry and the jobs it provides. ...

A plan to help support the U.S. oil industry, specifically in the shale patch, has died for now. S&P Global Platts reported that the $2 trillion plan agreed upon by the White House and Congressional leaders to boost the virus-plagued U.S. economy did not include funding to purchase...

With the gains that Sen. Bernie Sanders has made in the race to be the Democratic nominee for president, and with Sen. Elizabeth Warren still in the race, a question coming into greater focus is: What happens if the U.S. bans fracking? The issue has arisen enough that a panelist on last week's...

The oil patch has become so depressed that a company that supplies frac sand saw its stock drop almost in half Nov. 11, after it said it may not be able to continue as a "going concern." Carbo Ceramics (NYSE: CRR), a Houston-based manufacturer of proppants, the industry name for frac sand, said in...

FreightWaves features Market Voices – a forum for market experts with unique knowledge of numerous transportation/logistics/supply chain sectors, as well as other critical expertise. Everything we plow, harvest or mine started as rock and evolved in time. Given enough time, solid rock exposed at...

On Monday, the energy data and consulting firm Rystad Energy released a report showing that daily fracking jobs for trucks reached a peak of 48-50 in May and June of 2018 before gradually declining to about 44 jobs per day in November. Because fracking is so trucking-intensive – the sand,...

The initial market reaction to the U.S. midterm elections was certainly positive. But now that the dust has started to settle, energy investors are digging deeper to determine exactly what the fallout will be from a divided Congress. Height Capital Markets recently addressed the potential election...

Shares of Newater Technology Inc (NASDAQ: NEWA) bounced back Wednesday as a volatile, high-volume week continued for the wastewater purification company, which operates in China via subsidiary Yantai Jinzheng Eco-Technology. This week’s trading action was so surprising that management even...

Hi-Crush Partners LP (NYSE: HCLP) popped 22.4 percent Monday and continued higher on a string of corporate news.  "Our announcements today touch all aspects of our Mine. Move. Manage. operating strategy, further diversify our business and elevate Hi-Crush's position as an industry...

Liberty Oilfield Services Inc (NYSE: LBRT) offers an attractive investment opportunity, as it is the most profitable company in its business segment, according to Goldman Sachs.  The Analyst Analyst Waqar Syed initiated coverage of Liberty Oilfield shares with a Buy and a $34 12-month...

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE: SLCA), a producer of commercial silica, could be a better bet for those investors looking for exposure to onshore U.S. oilfield services. The Analyst R.F. Lafferty analyst Jaime Perez initiated coverage of U.S. Silica Holdings with a Buy rating and $52 price...

The Eagle Ford, a sedimentary rock formation in south Texas that has produced more than 3.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent since 2008, still has plenty of life left if the oil bust ever ends. Oil and Gas Investor magazine reported that Lonestar Resources US Inc. (NASDAQ: LONE) said May 30 it...