Oil Shale

Bakken Shale Faces 400,000 b/d Shut-Ins from DAPL Closure

Bakken Shale Faces 400,000 b/d Shut-Ins from DAPL Closure

North Dakota’s Bakken Shale could experience up to 400,000 b/d of shut-ins for an interim period if a federal court hearing set for Monday results in the forced closure of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), the state’s chief oil and gas regulator said Thursday. Lynn Helms, director of the state’s Department of Mineral Resources, made…

April 16, 2021

Questerre Energy Says New Technique to Tap Oil Shale Shows Early Promise

Canadian oil startup Questerre Energy Corp. on Wednesday reported encouraging results from a study in Jordan that used oil mining and separation technology invented in Utah for tapping surface shale deposits.

June 28, 2018