shale

The U.S. has enjoyed plentiful supply since 2010, when domestic shale production came on the scene.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

U.S. shale break-even prices are between $60 and $70 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

But the shale revolution fundamentally altered America's exposure to energy shocks.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Oil prices that have risen $30 per barrel from prewar levels strengthened cash flow for upstream producers, including Diamondback Energy, even though shale companies resisted immediately increasing production.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

The gentle snow gully Fischer and Lopsang had been gingerly descending ended here amid outcroppings of loose, steep shale, and Fischer, like Gau, was unable to handle the challenging terrain in his ailing condition.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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

Offshore shales may record how the islands’ volcanic basalt eroded.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 13, 2022

A range of sandstone hills, for example, presents a marked contrast to one of limestone, and a line of chalk downs to the escarpments formed by alternating bands of harder and softer clays and shales.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various