The vast majority of these deposits, and more than 70% of all oil shale resources within the entire Green River Formation, lie beneath public land controlled by federal agencies such as the Bureau of ...

Oil shale is a type of sedimentary rock formation that is used to produce oil and gas. ... In addition, when there is a mining process involved with extracting oil shale, ...

U.S. shale oil output may be nearing its ceiling, says EOG’s COO, as producers face mounting decline rates and investor ...

A survey conducted by the Estonian Geological Survey on public attitudes toward mineral extraction found that only 12 percent ...

Shale oil is not to be confused with another potential resource, usually called "oil shale," which is found in huge volume in the Green River Formation of western Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.

US shale oil production is unlikely to experience upside as West Texas Intermediate crude prices stay pressured near the mid ...

Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune In this 2013 photo, Enefit mining engineer Ben France gestures towards the darker, "mahogany zone" of the oil shale deposit revealed in a "box cut" on the ...

While up to 20 million tons of oil shale is permitted, last year's total came to 8,549,302 tons. Of the main players in the sector, Enefit Industry, a subsidiary of the state-owned Eesti Energia, ...

One need only look at Estonia, the world’s leader in oil shale mining, to see what would happen to a Colorado River watershed dominated by this industry. With 70 percent of the country’s energy supply ...

Why did the developers of a stalled Utah oil-shale project sell an 11,000-acre ... The Salt Lake Tribune Enefit American Oil mining engineer Ben France gestures towards the darker ...