Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. Oil and gas fields, no matter how productive, eventually decline.

U.S. natural gas production from shale and tight formations, which accounts for 79% of dry natural gas production, decreased slightly in the first nine months of 2024 compared with the same period in ...

US natural gas production from shale and tight formations, which makes up 79% of dry natural gas production in the US, saw a slight decline in the first 9 months of 2024 compared with the same period ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Updated studies show Ohio’s oil-rich shale deposits may extend further west than earlier believed. Revised maps produced by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources show ...

IN THE DENSE hilly forests of northern Pennsylvania, Trapper Wyman steers his pick-up truck down a gravel path until he reaches a small clearing at the end. It is a modest industrial site, with a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I analyze petroleum economics and energy policy. The war in the Middle East has focused a lot of attention on the U.S. energy ...

LITTLETON, Colorado, April 1 (Reuters) - Natural gas touches almost every corner of the U.S. economy, fuelling power plants, homes, factories and the booming LNG export sector. But the supply needed ...

By Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE, June 17 (Reuters) - China is expanding gas drilling into deeper, more ancient shale formations in the Sichuan basin that could potentially lift domestic output of the ...