(Reuters) – Oil and gas companies are racing to find a new substitute for India’s guar bean, a key ingredient used in hydraulic fracturing, the drilling technology that has revolutionized the energy ...

Last year on July 4, North Dakota oil and gas billionaire, Harold Hamm just couldn’t contain his patriotic enthusiasm. In an op-ed commentary published by Forbes, Hamm wrote, “America has a long ...

Economics 101: supply and demand. The more supply in the market, the price of a product drops. The more demand, prices rise. Demand leads to sales, which reduces supply and forces prices higher and ...

A little bean has some big growing potential, but not much of a market for after it's grown. Guar - in A-J Media's pages lately when much of its harvest failed to yield contracted payments - could be ...

Who would have thought that an obscure bean could eat into the profits of some of North America‘s largest oil services companies? The humble guar bean, grown primarily in India and Pakistan, has shot ...

Rajinder Kumar has a spring in his step and a big smile on his face these days. The 35-year-old farmer from Sri Ganganagar, a district in Rajasthan, northwest India, says life has never been better.