With production stalling and oil prices dropping, operators could focus on recovery rates and inventory, analysts say

Argentina has overtaken Colombia as South America's fourth-largest oil producer, driven by rapid shale development in the Vaca Muerta and led by state-controlled YPF.

The United States oil and gas industry saw a consolidation wave as buyers with money from higher oil prices sought to expand their footprint. This year, the industry appears to have maintained the momentum, with $100 billion in deals closed by September.

Shale gas can be a powerful tool in combating climate change. However, its exploitation may also lead to undesired environmental effects that can conversely worsen climate change. This ongoing debate has revealed the complexity of a coupled human–nature ...

High-resolution study of Jurassic mudstones in China’s Sichuan Basin reveals that astronomical cycles control climate, sedimentation, and organic

Nick Cunningham is an independent journalist, covering oil and gas, energy and environmental policy, and international politics. He is based in Portland, Oregon. In the 15 years since the first U.S. shale boom, the industry as a whole has failed to return ...

If the US operation in Venezuela tells us anything, it’s that Washington is thinking past the shale boom and back to a more traditional playbook.

Fort Worth, Texas: A Barnett shale gas well towers over hotels and traffic. The shale revolution began in the US about the year 2000. It made the US self-sufficient in oil and gas, for the first time since 1947. And in 2016 it enabled oil and gas to be ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. While working on a project in the Catskill Mountains, Philadelphia-based artist Jennie Shanker wanted to learn more ...