The Shale Revolution

Even big oil companies say solar and wind will be the energy of the future. But while we wait, the energy of the present is being transformed — for better and for worse — by technologies that unlock fuel from underground rocks known as shale. A tidal wave of oil and gas from the technique called fracking has made the U.S.

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  • Using WhatsApp To Jack Up Oil Prices? FTC Accuses Scott Sheffield of Price Collusion With OPEC
    The (FTC) has unveiled allegations of collusion within the oil industry, suggesting that certain key players worked ...
    05/3/2024 - 3:56 am | View Link
  • FTC’s Surprise Attack on US Oil Icon Rattles Shale Sector
    The Federal Trade Commission’s allegations that shale trailblazer Scott Sheffield tried to collude with OPEC to prop up crude prices is unnerving US oil executives pursuing more than $100 billion in ...
    05/3/2024 - 1:50 am | View Link
  • US greenlights Exxon-Pioneer deal, alleges shale founder colluded with OPEC
    U.S. regulators gave the go-ahead on Thursday to Exxon Mobil's $60 billion purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources, but barred Pioneer's former CEO from Exxon's board on allegations he attempted to ...
    05/2/2024 - 12:34 pm | View Link
  • Antero Midstream Acquires Marcellus Shale Assets From Summit Midstream for $70M
    Antero Midstream has bought gathering and compression assets in the Marcellus Shale from Summit Midstream Partners in a bolt-on acquisition for $70 million. The transaction closed on May 1, with an ...
    05/2/2024 - 10:10 am | View Link
  • US oil executive censure puts spotlight on shale-OPEC meetings
    A U.S. regulator's censure of a top U.S. oil executive over private meetings with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) group of oil producers has put a spotlight on dinners ...
    05/2/2024 - 7:16 am | View Link
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  • Shale
    Shale. Shale is a lithified mud — a sedimentary rock composed mostly of clay- and silt-sized grains. There are several ways to define shale. Some definitions are rather narrow. Glossary of Geology published by the American Geological Institute defines shale as a laminated, indurated rock with >67% clay-sized minerals 1.
    05/2/2024 - 4:09 am | View Website
  • The future of shale: The US story and its implications
    January 8, 2019. The future of shale: The US story and its implications. By Ellen Scholl. download pdf. Over the last ten years, the United States has become the world’s leading producer of oil and gas, going from energy import dependence to energy dominance.
    05/1/2024 - 5:03 pm | View Website
  • Shale
    Shale is a sedimentary rock composed of very fine clay particles. Clay forms from the decomposition of the mineral feldspar. Other minerals present in shale are quartz, mica, pyrite, and organic matter.
    05/1/2024 - 9:03 am | View Website
  • Shale
    Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al 2 Si 2 O 5 4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.
    05/1/2024 - 2:08 am | View Website
  • Shale gas | Clean Energy, Economic Growth & Environmental Impact
    Shale gas, natural gas obtained from sheetlike formations of shale, frequently at depths exceeding 1,500 metres (5,000 feet). Shales are fine-grained sedimentary rocks consisting of silt- and clay-sized particles that were laid down hundreds of millions of years ago as organic-rich mud at the.
    05/1/2024 - 1:04 am | View Website
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