has announced it's temporarily shutting down core operations at the site. The shutdown started Monday. The company operates ...

1 Although nobody told Mr. Callahan until it was too late, the dark-hued shale rocks found in pockets along the Western Slope were oil shale. Often referred to as the rock that burns, oil shale boasts ...

The Marcellus Shale is an ancient rock formation that was formed 400 million years ago and contains an enormous 262 trillion cubic feet of natural gas resources. This energy resource’s substantial ...

Geologists had long known there was oil and gas in the shale rock. But the petroleum wasn’t worth the effort until companies perfected advances in cracking open the dense formations with high ...