On the Western Slope of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, local lore tells of an early settler named Mike Callahan who built his home in the shadow of the cliffs along Parachute Creek in 1882. He cut and ...

Shale formations have low permeability, meaning gas does not move through the rock easily. Operators drill down thousands of feet—more than a mile—to reach shale and then drill thousands of ...

U.S. policymakers have been concerned about the country's dependence on imported energy since World War II. Those concerns were highlighted in the 1970s when episodes of sharply rising oil prices ...

The China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group), the country's largest oil refiner, has announced the discovery of more ...

The Shengli Oilfield, under China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec Group), the country's largest oil refiner, said its Jiyang shale gas oilfield has officially passed a review and documentation process at ...

BEIJING -- Sinopec, China's largest oil refiner, on Monday announced the discovery of two major shale oilfields in the east of the country with combined proven reserves of 180 million tonnes.

JINAN, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group), the country's largest oil refiner, has announced the discovery of more than 140 million tonnes of proven shale oil ...