Since the 1850s, approximately 155,000 wells have been drilled in Illinois, mainly in the southern half of the state.

CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois would have the strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling in the nation under a proposal introduced Thursday and drafted with help from industry and ...

ST. LOUIS -- The oil and gas drilling technique known as "fracking," once trumpeted as a job-creating boon for Southern Illinois, is off to a feeble start in the state as slumping oil prices and the ...

A bill currently being negotiated in the Illinois House of Representatives would regulate large-scale hydraulic fracturing -- or fracking -- in the state, and the Missouri mining industry stands to ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Illinois is one step closer to formally recognizing a “fracking” industry in the state. On Friday, the Illinois Department of ...

Fracking essential for U.S. energy security as AI data centers increase power demand, with nine million barrels daily from ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois lawmakers signed off Thursday on long-awaited rules regulating high-volume oil and gas drilling, clearing the way for companies to get "fracking" permits and unleash what they ...

CHICAGO (AP) — More than a year after a much-lauded compromise paved the way for high-volume oil and gas extraction in Illinois, the agency in charge of overseeing the practice has hired just four of ...

OTTAWA — Steve Harmon’s house shakes when the mining company 100 yards away blasts into what was once farmland. His patio is constantly covered in a thin layer of fine white sand. He and his neighbors ...

A bill that would create thousands of jobs in Southern Illinois by allowing high-volume oil and gas drilling passed in a top Illinois House committee Tuesday. A bill that would create thousands of ...