Chantell Dunbar-Jones remembers when her hometown of Lewisville, Arkansas, seemed to have oil wells on every corner. The small town, located in the southwestern part of the state, sits atop the ...

Proven oil reserve is equal to rest of the world combined. Nov. 13, 2012 -- Drillers in Utah and Colorado are poking into a massive shale deposit trying to find a way to unlock oil reserves that are ...

Chantell Dunbar-Jones remembers when her hometown of Lewisville, Arkansas, seemed to have oil wells on every corner. The small town, located in the southwestern part of the state, sits atop the ...

A new government study released today estimates that the amount of recoverable oil in the Bakken Formation in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana (see map above) – at 7.4 billion barrels – is more ...

As defined by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), heavy oil is a type of crude oil characterized by an asphaltic, dense, viscous nature (similar to molasses), and its asphaltene (very large molecules ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Chantell Dunbar-Jones remembers when her hometown of Lewisville, Arkansas, seemed to ...

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

SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Aug 25 (Reuters) - China National Petroleum Co (CNPC) said on Wednesday it plans for new shale oil production from formations within the area of the existing Daqing oilfield that ...

China National Petroleum Co (CNPC) said on Wednesday it plans for new shale oil production from formations within the area of the existing Daqing oilfield that will help replenish that site's ...