Shale gas, which is often found with shale oil but is also produced on its own, is natural gas similarly trapped in tiny pockets diffused through the rock formation. Because the oil and gas are ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part four in a four-part series. The Texas rock ...

Shale oil mainly refers to liquid hydrocarbons trapped in formations of shale rock that can be extracted ... due to favorable fracturability and formation pressure, with test results indicating ...

Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas The "shale revolution" has stimulated tremendous production of oil and natural gas in the United States. The ...

B eneath the rolling hills of the Appalachian Basin, an ancient rock formation holds what some are calling America’s greatest untapped energy resource.The Marcellus Shale, formed over 400 ...