America’s most productive oil patch is now grappling with a problem it cannot drill its way out of: mounting underground ...

High-resolution study of Jurassic mudstones in China’s Sichuan Basin reveals that astronomical cycles control climate, ...

American Heritage Center archivist Leslie Waggener interviews Wheatland natives Thane Ashenhurst, center, and his father, Larry, about oil drilling occurring on the family's farm. The interview is ...

With production stalling and oil prices dropping, operators could focus on recovery rates and inventory, analysts say ...

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

The shale oil boom is turning out to be even bigger than anyone predicted. Recently Money Morning told you about the Bakken oil shale boom. The Eagle Ford shale oil formation in south Texas is nearly ...

BUENOS AIRES, March 22 (Reuters) - Argentina's Neuquen province hit a record for daily oil production in February, aided by increased activity in the Vaca Muerta shale formation, the local government ...

The Vaca Muerta shale play, discovered in Argentina, contains an estimated 16 billion barrels of recoverable shale oil and 308 trillion cubic feet of shale gas, making it one of the top five ...

Total signed today an agreement with Lukoil creating a joint venture (JV) to explore and develop the tight oil potential of the Bazhenov play in Western Siberia. Total will hold 49% of the JV and ...

Today (Wednesday) an analyst from Citigroup became the latest lemming to declare the death of peak oil. In a report entitled "The End is Nigh," Seth Kleinman says a combination of flattening demand ...