shale

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The flip side was that bets on a wartime commodity shock got hammered, with a selloff ranging from international major oil companies like Exxon Mobil, Texas shale drillers such as Apache and natural-gas exporter Cheniere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The state has been cut off from the shale boom that turned the U.S. into the world’s largest producer of oil and gas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

In other words, the market can no longer count on shale producers to immediately jump in to fill in supply gaps.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Analyst Nitin Kumar rates Diamondback a Buy with a $220 target, citing its U.S. shale leadership and increased efficiency.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The rocks are sandstone and shale, which were laid down layer upon layer in an ancient sea that existed before the mountains rose.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George