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shale

[sheyl] / ʃeɪl /
NOUN
rock
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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

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 calculations around the reserve have changed as the so-called shale revolution picked up speed in the 2010s, Piper Sandler’s Stuart said.

From MarketWatch May 28, 2026

The Helderbergs are made up of layers of limestone and shale, through which underground streams and rivers have carved miles of caverns.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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

The discovery was made at Lavernock Point, close to Cardiff and Penarth, where the cliffs of dark-coloured shales and limestones document ancient shallow seas.

From Science Daily May 30, 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

In the Cumberland Plateau and Great Valley Regions are a red or brown loam, rich in decomposed limestone and calcareous shales, and sandy or gravelly loams.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various




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