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Now, the shift towards a more normalized rate environment has had a significant impact on shale oil producers, many of whom rely on debt to fund their capital-intensive operations.
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Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
This in turn shifted the Permian’s fossil fuel business into more and more of a trucking business, as shale oil and gas companies grew increasingly reliant on pumping in fracking fluid to force open underground cracks for oil and gas off of existing wells.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Mar. 2025
One of the sanctions that the Obama administration imposed on Russia in 2014 was a prohibition on proving certain high-end oil technologies to help Moscow develop its arctic offshore, deep-water, and shale oil resources.
—Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2018
Since the late 1970s, the agency has invested significantly in shale oil research.
—Margaret E. Kosal, The Conversation, 12 Jan. 2025
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Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
This in turn shifted the Permian’s fossil fuel business into more and more of a trucking business, as shale oil and gas companies grew increasingly reliant on pumping in fracking fluid to force open underground cracks for oil and gas off of existing wells.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Mar. 2025
One of the sanctions that the Obama administration imposed on Russia in 2014 was a prohibition on proving certain high-end oil technologies to help Moscow develop its arctic offshore, deep-water, and shale oil resources.
—Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2018
Since the late 1970s, the agency has invested significantly in shale oil research.
—Margaret E. Kosal, The Conversation, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Shale oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shale%20oil. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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