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 ...

“Expanded shale is shale rock that has been heated in a kiln, which causes the shale to expand,” Dallas gardening expert Callie Works-Leary says. “The sole purpose of expanded shale is to ...

Shale formations have low permeability, meaning gas does not move through the rock easily. Operators drill down thousands of feet—more than a mile—to reach shale and then drill thousands of ...

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 ...

Shale oil mainly refers to liquid hydrocarbons trapped in formations of shale rock that can be extracted for refining. It is ...

Shale oil mainly refers to liquid hydrocarbons trapped in formations of shale rock that can be extracted for refining. It is often found in organic-rich shale and thin interlayers of carbonate ...