Water scarcity is emerging as a critical constraint on global energy production, shaping shale, power generation, hydrogen, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. Oil and gas fields, no matter how productive, eventually decline.

USGS oil and gas assessments point to resources that industry hasn’t discovered yet, said USGS Director Ned Mamula. "In this ...

Hydraulic fracturing has reshaped global energy markets by unlocking vast shale gas reserves, delivering economic gains while raising environmental and public health concerns. This balanced analysis ...

DUBAI, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The shale revolution that made the United States the world's top oil producer is taking shape in the Arabian Desert. Deep ⁠in the ⁠sands southeast of Saudi Arabia's giant ...

Shale production on a significant scale arose quite recently and is so far limited to the US with gas having a few years' lead on oil. Fig. 1 reveals that shale has already had a significant impact on ...

DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco is launching the biggest shale gas development outside of the United States to boost domestic gas supply and end the burning of oil at its power ...

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A look back on the formation of the Marcellus Shale gas play, and the development of the gas industry in Pennsylvania Though there were a few hesitant stabs before 2008, the gas industry didn’t start ...

This article was co-written with Vicki Duscha of Fraunhofer ISI and Jan Kersting of TWS Partners. The boom in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has led to an increase in the production of natural gas in ...

The C. W. Slay #1 juts upward through sparse, open prairie, surrounded by a chain-link fence. The wellhead itself is only about 6 inches in diameter, capped by a steel valve painted a drab gray green ...

South Africa’s Karoo region, in the south west of the country, is thought to have significant reserves of shale gas. Shutterstock The discovery and exploitation of very large shale gas reserves in ...