HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the past three years, the boom in the U.S. shale oil industry has outstripped all expectations. Production surged far faster than any forecasts; drillers raced to secure space in new pipelines to get their crude to market.Full story
New York's five-year moratorium on shale gas development promised to be a blessing for many landowners eager to end leases they signed before anyone outside of the oil and gas industry had heard of fracking. Full story
News that Talisman Energy Inc. and Marathon Oil are pulling out of exploration for shale gas in Poland is a blow to the country's hopes that its deposits of the hydrocarbon will soon cut its dependence on Russian supplies and support the weakening economy. Full story
ConocoPhillips is banking on shale as investors are banking on a growing company and a growing dividend, with Ryan Lance, ConocoPhillips Chairman & CEO and CNBC's Bertha Coombs.
Pump jacks are seen in the Midway Sunset oilfield, California, April 29, 2013. The nearby vast Monterey shale formation is estimated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration to hold 15 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil, or four times that of the Bakken formation centered on North D
People attend a protest against Chevron's plans to explore for shale gas in Barlad, 266 km northeast of Bucharest, April 4, 2013. Thousands of Romanians across the country protested on Thursday against Chevron's plans to explore for shale gas, demanding the country's leftist government withdraw conc
