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 ...

Watford City, North Dakota, Oil production in the Bakken shale formation near the Missouri River. (Photo by: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) eaking of shale oil production and ...

Goehring & Rozencwajg: U.S. shale production peaked in late 2023 and is now declining. Geological depletion rather than market dynamics poses the biggest challenge. Novel technologies like CO2 ...

Recent discussions regarding the advent of a peak in global crude oil production generally fail to address the potential of America's rich, massive oil shale resources to augment petroleum supplies.