Saturday, February 15, 2025

Tag: shale oil

Baltimore lawsuit alleges shale investments by BlackRock, Fidelity, others fueled shale...

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.

Peak US oil production looms as the domestic shale boom ends

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

Shale oil fraud case reveals executives ignore their own engineers and...

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

Analysis: Some fracking companies are admitting shale was a bad bet—others...

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

Climate crisis be damned, ‘shale revolution’ poised to make US net...

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."

How Wall Street enabled the fracking ‘revolution’ that’s losing billions

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

The secret of the great American fracking bubble

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

Oil Manipulation, Hydraulic Fracturing and the Ruthless Control of the Oil...

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?

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