The first Ohio shale well in the Utica and Marcellus Shale formations was drilled in February 2011. In the short time since, the formations have attracted some $64 billion in private sector investment ...

Chevron Corporation CVX, a Houston-based multi-national energy corporation and the second-largest oil company in the United States, has reportedly submitted an application to participate in ...

Chevron's proposed Argentina shale investment highlights growth ambitions, capital allocation priorities, and long-term ...

Extracting natural gas from shale formations can provide an abundant, lower-carbon footprint fossil fuel, but also creates concerns over increased methane emissions. Researchers have now developed a ...

Directional drilling in shale formations is applied to place long horizontal laterals precisely within thin, mechanically favorable target intervals, enabling multi-stage stimulation and economic ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Less prominent shales such as the Jackson have possible commercial value if their sweet spots can be successfully identified. The method for doing so described in this article can be completed at ...

A look back on the formation of the Marcellus Shale gas play, and the development of the gas industry in Pennsylvania Though there were a few hesitant stabs before 2008, the gas industry didn’t start ...

As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results ...

The Shale Bluffs area along Colorado Highway 82 near Aspen is a geological site that has posed transportation challenges for decades. The highway, due to surrounding unstable shale formations, has a ...