Tag: shale oil

The latest in a series of lawsuits filed this year claimed that U.S. oil producers conspired with each other and with OPEC to drive oil prices up.

Finite resources are real constraints that no magical thinking or predicting by the industry can overcome. 

ExxonMobil is currently under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for overvaluing assets despite reports that employees disagreed with the valuations.

Will the industry listen—or continue to gamble with shale gas and oil?

New oil and gas development "will impede the rest of the world's ability to manage a climate-safe, equitable decline of oil and gas production."

Imagine begging banks to stop loaning you money. And being ignored.

The series will look at how fracking companies are shifting these epic losses to the American taxpayers.

While the Standard Oil Trust fixed prices, set production quotas and ruthlessly forced out competitors, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has control of the industry. If history repeats itself, will the oil industry respond with market manipulation?