Often referred to as the rock that burns, oil shale boasts a high concentration ... The US currently produces just over 5 million barrels of oil a day from domestic sources, according to the EIA. 3 ...

Pan American Energy to invest US$250 million in project to exploit shale gas findings in Cerro Dragon field, says Chubut ...

The U.S. shale industry is going to survive and thrive,” Wright declared this week in Abu Dhabi, where optimism apparently ...

Caption: Oil shale: The rock that burns. Credit: US Department of Energy How Many ... without fearing sudden market fluctuations that might kill new development. Data Source: US Energy Information ...

Fracking-the high-pressure injection of water, chemicals and sand into shale deposits to release the gas and oil trapped within the rock-in recent years has been combined with horizontal drilling ...

North America's best rock has already been drilled. The next growth stories are unfolding in regions just starting to embrace ...

The industry is frustrated over its high level of support for the new administration, which has since caused a severe oil price plunge despite promises of a future where shale drillers could ...

Finally, someone with actual oil & gas experience as the Secretary of Energy. But then, reality hits. In an FT article published last night titled, "Trump’s energy chief says US shale can ‘dri ...

U.S. oil producers are grappling with geological limits to production growth as the country's top oilfield ages and produces ...

Chevron started using triple-frac in the Permian for the first time last March. Jeff Newhook said in an interview that the company will use triple-frac on 50-60% of its wells this year. This is up ...