The U.S. tops the list for technically recoverable tight oil resources, while China leads in shale gas reserves. Challenges in developing shale gas include water availability, particularly in dry ...

More evidence that the U.S. shale gas boom is changing the nation’s energy landscape: Shale gas accounted for 39 percent of total natural gas production in 2012, according to statistics released today ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott L. Montgomery is a geologist who writes about energy issues. China is today the world’s leading importer of both oil and ...

China's second-largest energy company Sinopec has announced two significant commercial shale gas discoveries in the deep reservoirs of the Sichuan Basin in southwest China. The latest discoveries in ...

Tsvetana is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing for news outlets such as iNVEZZ and SeeNews. Independent producer Vista Energy, the second-biggest shale producer in ...

Argentina has overtaken Colombia as South America's fourth-largest oil producer, driven by rapid shale development in the ...

IN THE DENSE hilly forests of northern Pennsylvania, Trapper Wyman steers his pick-up truck down a gravel path until he reaches a small clearing at the end. It is a modest industrial site, with a ...

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Apache Corp has made what it believes may be one of the world's largest shale-gas discoveries in a remote corner of northeastern British Columbia, a massive field ...

Sinopec, China’s largest shale producer, has reported a major breakthrough in ultra-deep shale gas exploration, with a record-setting well in the Sichuan basin flowing commercial gas volumes during ...

US natural gas production from shale and tight formations, which makes up 79% of dry natural gas production in the US, saw a slight decline in the first 9 months of 2024 compared with the same period ...