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shale

[sheyl] / ʃeɪl /
NOUN
rock
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Following the shale boom, many people thought that the U.S. no longer needed a SPR at all, said Robert McNally, president at Rapidan Energy Group and a former energy adviser to President George W. Bush.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

The U.S. unlocked oil previously trapped in shale rock, using technology not entirely new but applied in a much larger scale at that time.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Plus, natural-gas prices surged in Europe and Asia but barely rose in the U.S., a price divergence that has saved U.S. consumers trillions since the onset of the shale revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

It’s a shale play benefiting from technology developed in the U.S.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

He watched the shadows carefully, checking up and down the wood-hauling road that came down the broken shale ridge and intersected the Acoma road.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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