shale

The shale revolution made the U.S. the world’s largest oil producer, and Congress lifted the ban in 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Before the conflict, Saudi Arabia was the world’s No. 1 crude-oil exporter, with the U.S. nipping at its heels after the yearslong boost in production following the shale revolution.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

The shale boom turned the U.S. into the world’s largest crude producer, and the country’s reliance on imports has plummeted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

De la Espriella’s ideological kinsman, Argentine President Javier Milei, is pushing for more oil output, focusing on his country’s massive Vaca Muerta shale deposit.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

Behind them the road dropped down the gray shale hill to the clay flats of the valley.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

National Fuel Gas owns roughly 1.2 million acres in the Appalachian Basin, with substantial mineral ownership overlying the Marcellus and Utica shales.

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

But, this work is promising because it hints at the possibility that certain shales could be a lithium source that doesn't require new mines.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024

"The oil shales are running out of Tier 1 inventory," said Bryan Sheffield, founder of energy investors Formentera Partners and Scott Sheffield's son.

From Reuters ● Oct. 11, 2023

Such balls, called siliceous nodules or “Rokycany Balls,” are weathered out of the shales of the Šárka Formation.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 27, 2023

They consist of a series of sandstones, gritstones, conglomerates, shales, limestones, etc.

From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Peter Gray