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Smith’s vision reminded me a bit of my time during the shale oil boom driving around the Permian Basin, the region of West Texas and New Mexico home to a resurgent oil and gas industry.
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Justin Worland, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
Unlike crude oil, which pools in subterranean reservoirs, shale oil is found within shale rocks.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Harold Hamm, the founder and chairman of the fracking and shale oil company Continental Resources, whom Trump effusively praised during the session, demurred when Trump asked him if Continental would plunge into the Venezuela market.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Argentina’s huge shale region, Vaca Muerta, often compared to the Permian Basin in Texas, holds the world’s second largest reserves of shale gas and fourth largest of shale oil.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
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Justin Worland, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
Unlike crude oil, which pools in subterranean reservoirs, shale oil is found within shale rocks.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Harold Hamm, the founder and chairman of the fracking and shale oil company Continental Resources, whom Trump effusively praised during the session, demurred when Trump asked him if Continental would plunge into the Venezuela market.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Argentina’s huge shale region, Vaca Muerta, often compared to the Permian Basin in Texas, holds the world’s second largest reserves of shale gas and fourth largest of shale oil.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Shale oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shale%20oil. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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