Explore the differences between shale oil and conventional oil, including extraction costs and methods, and how these impact ...

To some skeptics of oil shale development, even the process Shell is pursuing appears pie-in-the-sky. It envisions both long, slow heating of in-situ shale to produce kerogen and simultaneous use of a ...

BOSTON – A major defense contractor is selling technology to a large oilfield services company that hopes microwaves will someday become a key tool in unlocking the vast but hard-to-extract oil ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chimera Energy Corp (OTCBB: CHMR) announced today that they have licensed Non-Hydraulic Extraction, which is a shale oil extraction technology that is designed to safely ...

The development of "oil shale" (not to be confused with "shale oil") and "tar sands" has been shown to be environmentally destructive, and water and energy intensive. Extracting oil from U.S. public ...