American companies seek opportunities in Venezuela, the Middle East and Australia as domestic shale output plateaus ...

Explore the differences between shale oil and conventional oil, including extraction costs and methods, and how these impact oil market profitability.

Hydraulic fracturing, long dominated by the U.S. shale industry, is rapidly becoming a global export as countries seek to unlock hard-to-reach oil and gas reserves to meet rising energy demand, ...

The technique, honed over the past 15 years in the US, is now being deployed to unlock hard-to-reach oil and gas reserves ...

Picture is as murky as a barrel of oil, with US companies in 2026 expecting their first production drop in four years ...

Developing shale basins include the Vaca Muerta in Argentina and the Diyarbakir basin in Turkiye.

U.S. fracking of oil shale is a world game changer that ignites the imagination with possible benefits. This source of abundant, lower cost energy, most of which is in the United States raises the ...

Welcome to our guide to the commodities markets powering the global economy. Today, Houston-based reporter David Wethe looks at how the needs of Texas farmers may help solve a problem for local crude ...

Labour plans to introduce a “total ban” on fracking this autumn, replacing the current moratorium with permanent legislation. Experts say the U.K.’s complex geology makes large-scale fracking unviable ...