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Map shows the top North American shale oil and gas basins
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As the mighty Permian Basin slows, Canada stands to rise in the shale oil and gas world
By Jordan BlumMay 5, 2025
As pain on the shale patch deepens, U.S. overtakes Saudi Arabia in cutting oil production
Energy
As pain on the shale patch deepens, U.S. overtakes Saudi Arabia in cutting oil production
By Katherine DunnMay 14, 2020
How the oil rout could bust U.S. shale patch and end Trump’s ‘American Energy Dominance’
Energy
How the oil rout could bust U.S. shale patch and end Trump’s ‘American Energy Dominance’
By Kevin Crowley, Rachel Adams-Heard and BloombergApril 22, 2020
Oil rigs stand in the Permian Basin area of Odessa, Texas, on Jan. 19, 2019. In the Permian, America's busiest oil patch, a producer needs to blast as much as 60,000 barrels of water into a well every day, along with sand and chemicals, to complete the fracking that cracks open the tight, oil-bearing rock about a mile underground.
Energy
‘This is a bloodbath for U.S. oil:’ Price plunge will test how robust the shale boom really is
By Anne Sraders and Katherine DunnMarch 10, 2020
Saudi Arabia raced today to restart operations at oil plants hit by drone attacks which slashed its production by half, as Iran dismissed US claims it was behind the assault.
Energy
Attacks in Saudi Arabia Are a Test of How Much the World Still Needs Its Oil
By Katherine DunnSeptember 16, 2019
ALGERIA-POLITICS-DEMO
Energy
A Quiet Force in Algeria’s Political Protests: the U.S. Shale Boom
By Katherine DunnApril 9, 2019
BHP Billiton Announces Record Financial Results
Energy
With BP Shale Deal, BHP Billiton Keeps Simplifying Its Business
By Alice TozerJuly 27, 2018
Argentina
Energy
Argentina Agrees $217 Million In Energy Company Arbitration Deal
By ReutersMay 14, 2016
Banks Are Giving Shale Drillers a Painful Credit Squeeze
Energy
Banks Are Giving Shale Drillers a Painful Credit Squeeze
By ReutersApril 11, 2016
Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site
Energy
Turning to Frack Tech, Stricken U.S. Oil Drillers Test New Limits
By ReutersMarch 13, 2016
Handout photo shows Aubrey McClendon christening a boathouse in Oklahoma City
Energy
The Final Days and Deals of Aubrey McClendon
By ReutersMarch 13, 2016
Fracking In California Under Spotlight As Some Local Municipalities Issue Bans
Finance
Why Time is Running Out for the Oil Giants
By Cyrus SanatiDecember 4, 2015
Oil rigging equipment in a field outside of Sweetwater, Texas
Energy
Why oil could go as low as $30 a barrel
By Tom Huddleston Jr.August 20, 2015
Oil Declines Below 60USD A Barrel
Commentary
The end of OPEC as we have known it is here
By George L. PerryJanuary 14, 2015
Operations At An Orion Drilling Co. Oil Platform
Energy
Goodrich Petroleum exploring sale of Texas shale assets
By John KellDecember 10, 2014
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