Beneath layers of ancient rock, a high-pressure process is reshaping the modern energy landscape. As fracking expands across ...

Shale oil, meanwhile, is liquid crude oil found in the tiny pockets and spaces within shale rock formations. In the past, it was impractical for companies to recover such diffuse resources, ...

A team of researchers is working on a multidisciplinary approach to advancing the exploration of shale rock as a suitable geological seal for resource recovery and underground storage. Given that ...

The Monterey Shale - which lies below the southern San Joaquin Valley and hills along the Central Coast - consists of rocks with silica, limestone, clay and mud deposited about 5 million to 20 ...

Shale has complex chemical and physical characteristics that make fluid flow through rock extremely complex and difficult to both measure and model. Researchers are now building new tools to ...

Oil shale is a type of sedimentary rock formation that is used to produce oil and gas. It is generally less economical than conventional crude oil.

U.S. oil major Chevron plans to increase the use of a technique that allows it to fracture subterranean rock in three wells at a time in the Permian basin, the company told Reuters, in an effort ...

Shale rock is made of many thin, fragile layers of compressed mud and clay. Fracking companies drill horizontal wells, and then they force sand, water, and a mix of chemicals into them.

The biggest story of the reaction of the oil market to the conflict in the Middle East is one of what has not happened. Holder: Javier Blas is an opinion columnist fo ...