Early in my career as an oil and gas geologist, I partnered with another geologist, Joe Baria, and formed Gibraltar Oil Corporation. Several years passed and we were doing OK, then a well came up that ...
This is the Marcellus shale, a family of rocks rich in fossil fuels. For Mr Wyman, owner of a local crane company, it is a site of deep reverence. “You only ever see bits and pieces of the ...
RUNNING HIGH AND LOOKIN' GOOD! In my profession as an Exploration Geologist for several decades, those words will bring a smile to my face and to any oil and gas exploration geologist. That's because ...
SINGAPORE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Sinopec (600028.SS), opens new tab is advancing development of shale oil at its pilot project Jiyang in east China, pumping 1,600 metric tons per day now, up from 100 ...
There, the intense heat and pressure transformed the shale into a conglomeration of minerals, including quartz, feldspar, hornblende, and mica. The resulting metamorphic rock is known as schist.
China’s Sinopec has boosted oil production at a shale field from 100 tons per day in 2021 to 1,600 tons per day this year, the company said, as quoted by Reuters. One metric ton of crude oil is ...