shale

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The flip side was that bets on a wartime commodity shock got hammered, with a selloff ranging from international major oil companies like Exxon Mobil, Texas shale drillers such as Apache and natural-gas exporter Cheniere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Investors were also turned off by energy stocks’ poor returns during the U.S. shale boom, when companies gave priority to growth over profits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

In other words, the market can no longer count on shale producers to immediately jump in to fill in supply gaps.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Analyst Nitin Kumar rates Diamondback a Buy with a $220 target, citing its U.S. shale leadership and increased efficiency.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The mountain was crisp with evergreens, which were luminous set against the browns and grays of shale and limestone.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover