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shale

[sheyl] / ʃeɪl /
NOUN
rock
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The calculations around the reserve have changed as the so-called shale revolution picked up speed in the 2010s, Piper Sandler’s Stuart said.

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

Fervo says it can use technologies borrowed from the shale revolution, drilling through rocks and using new techniques to make many more areas geothermal friendly.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

He left the road and took a trail that cut directly to the cliffs, winding up the chalky gray hill where the mesa plateau ended in crumbling shale above the red clay flats.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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