Shale-gas

Shale-gas drilling is sustained by low interest rates, creative writeoffs of costs, and unrealistic decline projections – in the hope that energy prices will eventually spike sufficiently to give a good return.

Letters: Fracking in the energy mix 2011

Shale-gas drilling has come under increased scrutiny amid clashes with environmentalists and regulators over the chemicals used in the fracturing process, called "fracking" in industry parlance.

Chevron Expands in Marcellus Shale Isabel Ordonez 2011

Shale-gas exploration has grown rapidly in Canada, as well as south of the border, with energy producers drawn to Quebec's deposits clustered around the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Pressure Rises on Shale Gas Chip Cummins 2011

Shale-gas deposits are pockets of natural gas trapped in pores of sedimentary rock called shale.

Pressure Rises on Shale Gas Chip Cummins 2011

Shale-gas production is spurring construction of plants that make chemicals, plastics, fertilizer, steel and other products.

Shale-Gas Boom Spurs Race James R. Hagerty 2011

Shale-gas resources are believed to extend into countries such as Poland, Romania, Sweden, Austria, Germany and Ukraine.

Shale Gas Will Rock the World Amy Myers Jaffe 2010

Shale-gas development could also mean big changes for China.

Shale Gas Will Rock the World Amy Myers Jaffe 2010

Shale-gas development, pioneered in the 1990s in the Barnett formation of North Texas, made such success possible, said John Crum, president of Apache's North American operations.

BusinessWeek.com -- 2010

Recent Penn State Cooperative Extension studies of Marcellus Shale-gas exploration have contrasted the regional differences between northeastern Pennsylvania, where population density averages 50 persons per square mile, and the southwestern part of the state, where population averages about 200 people per square mile.

Penn State Live 2010

Shale-gas extraction will have some relevance to Pennsylvanians working with the Marcellus

Penn State Live 2010