Shale, a hydrocarbon-rich sedimentary rock formation that transformed the fortunes of the US oil and gas industry in the early 2010s, requires unconventional methods for extraction, such as horizontal ...

Domestic energy production, including oil and natural gas, was a big part of Barack Obama's energy platform. Part of the problem, he said, was that energy producers were often slowed down by ...

Maria Burns watched with satisfaction as a three-story-high drilling rig made a racket in her front yard. Normally, the loudest thing on this residential street in Ashland, Ohio, would be the barking ...

Canada, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, China, and Algeria all have huge shale oil and gas resources, and they are beginning to assess and develop them to boost energy security and gain a foothold on the ...

The question of whether the Obama administration has promoted or hampered oil and gas extraction over the last four years was one of the most contentious issues of the 2012 campaign. In 2008, Barack ...

If you want to invest in an oil operation, you should know when you'll recoup your funds. With that in mind, I've put ...