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If oil prices remain low, Saudi Arabia and Russia may face an uncomfortable choice: let prices dip or cut production more steeply, thereby losing market share and propping up American shale. — The Economist, "OPEC’s predictable deal cannot hide its giant problems," 4 July 2019 That move was caused in large part by the shale boom, which left the United States with an abundance of cheap natural gas to burn for power. — Matt Egan, CNN, "America's renewable energy capacity is now greater than coal," 11 June 2019 Russia and Saudi Arabia are the world’s two largest oil producers behind the U.S., which took the top spot over the past year as a result of robust shale-oil growth. — Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ, "Oil Falls on Fresh Demand Worries," 22 Jan. 2019 Shale oil and shale gas production boomed during his presidency. — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, "The Energy 202: Trump says he has an 'all-of-the-above' energy strategy, but coal gets top billing.," 1 Feb. 2018 The brown sand stretches hard and smooth to the rock-shale shelf marking the high-tide line. — Washington Post, "AP Was There: D-Day correspondent returns 10 years later," 4 June 2019 What’s Warren Buffett doing with a $10 billion bet on the future of oil and gas, helping old-school Occidental Petroleum buy Anadarko, a U.S. shale leader? — Mark P. Mills, WSJ, "What if Green Energy Isn’t the Future?," 19 May 2019 When weathered into soil, this shale is perfect for growing cotton, a cash crop planted at a time... — Robert M. Thorson, WSJ, "‘Origins’ Review: The Earth and Us," 9 May 2019 America’s shale revolution has broken years of dependence on Middle Eastern oil, to the extent that the International Energy Agency expects the U.S. to become a net energy exporter by 2023. — Sarah Mcfarlane And Summer Said, WSJ, "Saudi Arabia Edges Toward Bet on Booming U.S. Energy Sector," 8 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'shale.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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