Those experts have long known that the sandstone in the Nanushuk formation, an underground layer of rocks deposited from eroding mountains about 100 million years ago, had the qualities for oil ...

China's vast nonmarine shale oil reserves hold immense potential to bolster national energy security, but unlocking these resources has long been ...

Also known as "oil sands," bitumen shares the attributes of heavy oil but is even more dense and viscous. Natural bitumen has a viscosity greater than 10,000 cP.

The North Sea, a region known for its rich history and vital role in energy production, holds a surprising geological anomaly. A study led by scientists from the University of Manchester has uncovered ...

There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas ...

For Canada and the U.S. the oil boom is in the field called the Bakken, a widely spread oil reservoir with top quality oil trapped in difficult rock. Type your search and press Enter.

Equinor Energy and its partners have announced a significant gas discovery in the 'Skred' prospect of the Barents Sea. The well is estimated to hold 0.3 to 0.5 billion standard cubic metres of ...

22 August 2010 Tethys Oil's Saiwan East-4 well (SE-4) on Block 4 onshore Oman has successfully been drilled and preliminary results evaluated, the Swedish-headquartered international energy firm ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — An oil reservoir in western North Dakota holds nearly as much recoverable crude as the rich Bakken shale formation above it, a new state study shows.