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

At present, oil extraction in the United States sits at record levels of roughly 13.2 million barrels per day. No wonder oil is so expensive. Wait, what’s that you say? U.S. extraction at record ...

Fossil fuel companies are experimenting with using carbon dioxide captured from the air in oil extraction to usher in a new era of planet-friendly “net-zero oil” – but the idea is an illusion, ...

The move follows the Syrian army’s recovery of oil fields in Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, which were subsequently handed over to the ...

Gen Z is a generation born into a world full of anxieties—from school shootings to climate Armageddon, to a pandemic and political violence. But I’m here to give you one more thing to worry about! A ...

The sun begins to set behind crude oil tanks and a pumpjack Tuesday, July 5, 2022 in Midland, Texas. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman) Dramatic oilfield job growth is tied to boosts in oil and natural gas ...

Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Occidental Petroleum are betting big on emerging technologies to extract lithium from drilling wastes and salt flats. Since oil and gas drilling began nearly 150 years ago, ...

FARGO -- The final days of the last session of the North Dakota Legislature were filled with drama over the price of oil. Mere pennies could have meant the difference of millions of dollars available ...

It’s fitting that this first column of 2011 takes a look into the crystal ball -- at the energy source that pretty much defines our culture. That we consume oil prodigiously is an understatement. The ...