1 Although nobody told Mr. Callahan until it was too late, the dark-hued shale rocks found in pockets along the Western Slope were oil shale. Often referred to as the rock that burns, oil shale boasts ...

But the residents of Shale Country are not the only stakeholders in the matter ... these sorts of socioeconomic and environmental concerns would not have even been on the radar of a mining company. In ...

Like the kerogen in oil shale, tar sands' bitumen can be upgraded to synthetic crude oil. Because developing fossil fuels from these resources is different and more intensive than traditional energy ...

"The environmental destruction, air pollution and water pollution inherent in this proposed oil shale mining project is something that every citizen of Utah should be alarmed about,” said Dr. Brian ...

Dan Eberhart is CEO of Canary, LLC. Don’t bet against America’s shale producers. Every oil market analyst should know this by now, but many still can’t resist calling an end to the shale boom.

This October, the prime minister went to the United States, trying to attract new investors in shale mining in Lithuania. At first it was announced by his press service. It seems to have had no ...

EAST SPENCER — After 125 years in business as a brick plant, what is now General Shale brick will cease operations on April 1, with a loss of 65 jobs. The Tennesse-based General Shale bought ...

Though he says these jobs have a multiplier effect, and cites a UT-San Antonio study which found production in the Eagle Ford shale play alone has added $61 billion to the state's economy.

Argentine presidential candidate Sergio Massa has suggested harnessing the untapped natural gas from the country's Vaca Muerta shale formation to power bitcoin mining operations. This plan aims to ...