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shale

[sheyl] / ʃeɪl /
NOUN
rock
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Until 2020, big economic shocks tended to push inflation lower: China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, the U.S. mortgage crisis, the euro crisis, the shale oil revolution, the initial wave of Covid-19.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Fervo says it can use technologies borrowed from the shale revolution, drilling through rocks and using new techniques to make many more areas geothermal friendly.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Despite the surge in oil prices, oil majors and U.S. shale producers aren’t deviating much from their existing spending plans.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

For most of the U.S. shale boom, companies ramped up production on the first sign of demand growth.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Then I slide back down the shale to the halfway spot.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko




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