The EIA has added the Avalon, Barnett, Dean and Woodford to its estimates by formation of Permian tight oil and shale natural gas production ...

Learn the essential differences between oil shale and shale oil, and discover which remains a profitable investment opportunity today.

The first Ohio shale well in the Utica and Marcellus Shale formations was drilled in February 2011. In the short time since, the formations have attracted some $64 billion in private sector investment ...

Key market opportunities in the oil shale sector include rising crude prices, energy security needs, enhanced extraction technology, adoption of in-situ methods, and expansion of shale production in ...

QEP Resources discussed its geo-physical model for the Lower Spraberry Shale formation in the Midland Basin. Frac barriers within the formation may yield several independent producing benches (a ...

Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial Education Instructor, and researcher who has assisted thousands of clients over a more than two-decade career. She is the CEO of ...

A look back on the formation of the Marcellus Shale gas play, and the development of the gas industry in Pennsylvania Though there were a few hesitant stabs before 2008, the gas industry didn’t start ...

The Shale Bluffs area along Colorado Highway 82 near Aspen is a geological site that has posed transportation challenges for decades. The highway, due to surrounding unstable shale formations, has a ...

As the Q4 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the U.S. shale E&P industry, including Cactus (NYSE:WHD) and its peers. US shale oil ...

Big oil discoveries in shale formations have made the Permian Basin in West Texas the hottest oil play in the U.S. despite low oil prices. Brittany Sowacke Bloomberg News In a troubled oil world, the ...