Examples of shale in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Soaring energy prices are set to reward almost everyone producing hydrocarbons: Major oil companies and U.S. shale producers reported record free cash flows in 2021 and should do even better this year. — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022 Despite President Obama’s best efforts to curtail the shale boom, the oil industry went on an investment binge during his administration, racking up huge amounts of debt to expand capacity. — Mario Loyola, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022 Last week, Bloomberg reported that ExxonMobil is planning to expand its bitcoin-mining pilot in the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota, opening up new bitcoin projects in Alaska, Nigeria, Guyana, Argentina, and Germany. — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2022 In the short run, ESG investors will look in horror on governments cozying up to shale and coal. — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2022 But as soon as that shale played out, Everything disappeared. — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2022 Suncor’s cash operating costs for its oil sands operations were roughly $20 a barrel last year; for U.S. shale producer EOG, that cost was closer to $10 a barrel. — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022 Eventually what remains is the impermeable underbelly, such as shale or granite. — Erica Gies, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2022 Thus, American shale has allowed our imports from the cartel OPEC to plummet, while the importance of Canadian oil in the U.S. refinery system is growing. — Jude Clemente, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022 See More

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