Shale in a sentence

Shale gas is a natural gas that is trapped within shale formations.

Oil exploration in the US is now at its lowest level since the start of the Shale boom and the US Shale industry has essentially now been delivered a hammer blow that it is hard to see it recovering from.

Canada's Montney shale formation is similar to America's own hyper prolific Marcellus/Utica shale of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Echoing the criticism of surrounding U.S. shale from the Saudi oil minister last week, a new report finds that shale drilling is still largely not profitable.

If you substitute “shale oil and gas development companies” for “subprime lending companies,” it becomes an apt description of the current shale industry.

Jakubec said ingesting the particles of shale, which then go into stomach acid can release some of the heavy metals adhered to the shale.

As with all oil and gas resources, analysts distinguish between oil shale resources and oil shale reserves.

Because shale has matrix permeability too low to allow gas to flow in economical quantities, shale gas wells depend on fractures to allow the gas to flow.

It cited a conversion ratio of convert of oil per one ton of coal, as against convert of shale oil per one ton of oil shale.

Most authors use " shale " as a term for a fissile mudrock (regardless of grain size) although some older literature uses the term "shale" as a synonym for mudrock.

Stratigraphy Walcott Quarry of the Burgess Shale showing the Walcott Quarry Shale Member.

The various attempts to develop oil shale deposits have succeeded only when the cost of shale-oil production in a given region comes in below the price of crude oil or its other substitutes.

April 7 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp has held preliminary talks with Pioneer Natural Resources Co about a possible acquisition of the U.S. shale oil producer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Besides the upcoming new capacity in the main pipeline, our shale gas campaign will support the significant ramp-up in production for the first time in our history.

Despite the tenfold drop in gas prices since August of last year, Allikson said that the CO2 component of energy derived from shale or coal will hike the price of electricity above €100 per megawatt-hour during colder weather.

However, soil researchers warn that individual fields need to be analyzed in terms of whether oil shale ash is a good fit for them.

In the third quarter, we continue to work with U.S. and Canadian oil majors in each of the major shale plays to support their initiatives related to emissions control and reduction and increased thermal and operational efficiency.

Now he and his fellow students will get to learn metal joining skills with the Utica Shale Academy’s addition of the outdoor Ascent Resources Welding Lab, which officially opened Tuesday at the school.

Rare veld types such as the critically endangered Central Rûens Shale Renosterveld, vulnerable Agulhas Sand Fynbos and Limestone Fynbos face similar threats, but will now be protected under the acquisition.

Red shale, a rock found in nearby mountains, can be used like a crayon or ground into red powder and mixed into paint.