: a fissile rock that is formed by the consolidation of clay, mud, or silt, has a finely stratified or laminated structure, and is composed of minerals essentially unaltered since deposition
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Things To Do Situated where the churning New River cuts a groove of canyon 1,500 feet deep into slabs of shale and Nuttall sandstone, this is one of those rare gems that allows people to get their nature fix via a wide variety of activities.
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Emily Pennington, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
One analyst warns of a ‘giant slurping sound’ for shale oil and warned that shale is not a revolution but a retirement party—in 2014.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
The other theme is the consolidation among the U.S. shale players in the Permian basin.
—Andrea Guerzoni, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
Fracking reduced the total number of birds counted in near shale and oil production sites by 15%.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
That is because wells drilled through shale are established much faster now, with fewer workers required to run the rigs thanks to software improvements and robotics.
—Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
Fox and others found residues from specific species of sulfur bacteria in the shales that formed during the second extinction pulse.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2023
Lyons thinks permafrost thaw is lifting the icy lid off the bedrock, allowing oxygenated water to reach pyrite-rich shale for the first time in thousands of years.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
Hickey and Walter started Colgate in 2015 while in their late 20s, just after the oil price crashed as OPEC flooded the market with crude in a bid to wrestle back control from the nascent U.S. shale industry.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2023
Emily Pennington, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
One analyst warns of a ‘giant slurping sound’ for shale oil and warned that shale is not a revolution but a retirement party—in 2014.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
The other theme is the consolidation among the U.S. shale players in the Permian basin.
—Andrea Guerzoni, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
Fracking reduced the total number of birds counted in near shale and oil production sites by 15%.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
That is because wells drilled through shale are established much faster now, with fewer workers required to run the rigs thanks to software improvements and robotics.
—Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
Fox and others found residues from specific species of sulfur bacteria in the shales that formed during the second extinction pulse.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2023
Lyons thinks permafrost thaw is lifting the icy lid off the bedrock, allowing oxygenated water to reach pyrite-rich shale for the first time in thousands of years.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
Hickey and Walter started Colgate in 2015 while in their late 20s, just after the oil price crashed as OPEC flooded the market with crude in a bid to wrestle back control from the nascent U.S. shale industry.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2023
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