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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Directional drilling in shale formations is applied to place long horizontal laterals precisely within thin, mechanically favorable target intervals, enabling multi-stage stimulation and economic ...

Extracting natural gas from shale formations can provide an abundant, lower-carbon footprint fossil fuel, but also creates concerns over increased methane emissions. Researchers have now developed a ...

Vista Energy is a Latin American oil and gas producer with key operations in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation.