Shale, a hydrocarbon-rich sedimentary rock formation that transformed the fortunes of the US oil and gas industry in the early 2010s, requires unconventional methods for extraction, such as horizontal ...

Domestic energy production, including oil and natural gas, was a big part of Barack Obama's energy platform. Part of the problem, he said, was that energy producers were often slowed down by ...

If you want to invest in an oil operation, you should know when you'll recoup your funds. With that in mind, I've put ...

ADNOC and EOG Resources have successfully drilled horizontal wells and tested oil to the surface at a shale play in Abu Dhabi ...

Maria Burns watched with satisfaction as a three-story-high drilling rig made a racket in her front yard. Normally, the loudest thing on this residential street in Ashland, Ohio, would be the barking ...

The current geochemical view is that hydrocarbons generated from organic matter disseminated in fine-grained sedimentary rocks and coals are controlled primarily by temperature and duration of heating ...

The question of whether the Obama administration has promoted or hampered oil and gas extraction over the last four years was one of the most contentious issues of the 2012 campaign. In 2008, Barack ...

They have been growing on subsea structures for decades but are now under threat as old platforms are decommissioned.

An Oil and Gas Industry Consultant, Dr Maurice Ibe, says the revocation of the operating licence of Oritsemeyin Rig serves as ...