The Queensland government is set to overturn a 20-year ban on shale oil mining, setting up a new battlefront with conservationists. The Newman government says a commercial industry could generate ...

Jimsar shale oil demonstration zone in Xinjiang has reached its annual crude output goal of 1.7 million tonnes 22 days ahead of schedule China's recent breakthroughs in fracking technology have the ...

The boom in U.S. energy resulting from the explosion in shale oil and gas is nothing short of remarkable. Not only has this new technology shifted America's dependence on foreign energy sources, but ...

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Watford City, North Dakota, Oil production in the Bakken shale formation near the Missouri River. (Photo by: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) eaking of shale oil production and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. The U.S. shale oil and gas boom that began early this century had ...

Irina is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing on the oil and gas industry. HSBC: US shale could grow for the next 3-4 years. It appears that the U.S. shale boom has moved ...

“Fracking” is an expletive in environmental circles. Yet the spirit of shale is creeping into a business with transformational potential for the energy transition. Schlumberger NV, the industrial ...

Oil shale doesn’t fuel a lot of power plants around the world, but in Jordan, it’s a vital option, offering energy security and independence. The success of the Attarat Power Plant in capitalizing on ...

The Petroleum Agency South Africa (Pasa) has confirmed on Monday that it would proceed with the processing of pending shale-gas applications received prior to February 1, 2011. The applicants affected ...