Shale

$The gains from fracking have not only gone to natural gas producers, but manufacturers and consumers as well. (AP Photo)$ Beltway Confidential

Study: Fracking boosted the economy during recession

Jason Russell · April 27, 2015 4:49 pm

The new outlook also shows oil production from shale replacing petroleum imports. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

U.S. to become net gas exporter

John Siciliano · April 14, 2015 9:25 pm

Energy and Environment

Study to show bullish growth in shale gas

John Siciliano · April 8, 2015 9:00 am

A worker hangs from an oil derrick outside of Williston, N.D. State data show that 1 billion barrels of oil have been produced from the rich Bakken shale formation in western North Dakota and eastern Montana. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Energy and Environment

Major shale regions struggle with low oil price, say feds

Zack Colman · March 17, 2015 3:38 pm

Ryan Lance, chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips, speaks at The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 14. (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Oil giant CEO: ‘We’re going to hit a wall’ with export ban

Zack Colman · March 3, 2015 9:08 pm

$A rig hand removes drill pipe from a natural gas wellÂ atop the Marcellus shale rock formation, a hydraulic fracturing site in Washington Township, Pennsylvania. (Bloomberg)$ Energy and Environment

Can America’s shale revolution help defeat the Islamic State?

Arthur Herman · March 3, 2015 10:00 am

The U.S. shale boom and plummeting oil prices will curtail Russian President Vladimir Putin's acerbic foreign policy, Sen. Bill Cassidy and a panel of experts said Thursday.Â (Spencer Platt/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

Shale revolution will ‘undermine’ rivals, says Sen. Bill Cassidy

Zack Colman · February 26, 2015 9:13 pm

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Energy and Environment

Oil tanker rule sent to White House

Zack Colman · February 6, 2015 2:11 pm

A federal judge reduced the liability oil giant BP faces for the Deepwater Horizon spill, ruling that the amount of oil its well dumped into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was less than what the federal government had estimated.Â (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty images)

Oil slump rattles industry titans

Zack Colman · February 4, 2015 10:00 am

U.S. Energy Information Administration projections show the average American family will save $750 this year at the pump. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

GDP getting ‘significant’ help from low oil prices, feds say

Zack Colman · January 28, 2015 5:19 pm

Combined with his tax plan, Sen. Ted Cruz's budget would still increase the deficit by about $250 billion over 10 years. But that's peanuts compared to the $10 trillion increase proposed by Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Sen. Ted Cruz pulls back on oil exports

Zack Colman · January 27, 2015 11:02 pm

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal said that the days of $100 per barrel oil are over, though he noted prices could rise from their current levels. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Saudi prince: Days of $100 per barrel oil are over

Zack Colman · January 12, 2015 2:27 pm