Explore the differences between shale oil and conventional oil, including extraction costs and methods, and how these impact ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chimera Energy Corp (OTCBB: CHMR) announced today that they have licensed Non-Hydraulic Extraction, which is a shale oil extraction technology that is designed to safely ...

BOSTON – A major defense contractor is selling technology to a large oilfield services company that hopes microwaves will someday become a key tool in unlocking the vast but hard-to-extract oil ...

Critics worry about protecting groundwater in these and other oil shale approaches, and they fear how much water oil shale development will require. But Chevron has said it will pursue only a process ...

The development of "oil shale" (not to be confused with "shale oil") and "tar sands" has been shown to be environmentally destructive, and water and energy intensive. Extracting oil from U.S. public ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chimera Energy Corp (OTCBB: CHMR) announced that they have begun shipping equipment to Mexico to utilize the Company’s new Non-Hydraulic Shale Oil Extraction system on PEMEX ...

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting oil and natural gas from dense rock or sand where traditional drilling is not an option. Due to the nature of fracking, costs are higher ...