A new method, developed in the United States, could help improve oil output from the tightly packed formations of shale rock. Developed by researchers at Pennsylvania State University, the new oil ...

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DENVER (AP) - The Interior Department last week granted leases for shale oil extraction experiments, a step in allowing companies to figure out how to profitably tap into an estimated 100-year supply ...

U.S. refineries are fully capable of processing shale oil but were built around heavy, sour crude after tens of billions in capital upgrades — running too much light crude sidelines that expensive ...

China’s government should do more to back shale oil projects in the country through preferential tax treatment for the sector, one of the biggest state-owned oil and gas giants says. The authorities ...

The development of "oil shale" (not to be confused with "shale oil") and "tar sands" has been shown to be environmentally destructive, and water and energy intensive. Extracting oil from U.S. public ...

Jimsar shale oil demonstration zone in Xinjiang has reached its annual crude output goal of 1.7 million tonnes 22 days ahead of schedule China's recent breakthroughs in fracking technology have the ...