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 ...

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

CHICAGO (AP) – High-volume oil and gas extraction probably won’t begin in earnest in Illinois until next year because the state first must adopt rules and hire dozens of new employees to help regulate ...

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 ...

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 ...

The rocky ground deep beneath Southern Illinois will soon be wrung like a sponge to yield previously unreachable oil and natural gas. “Fracking,” the process of fracturing underground rock formations ...

*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 ...