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Since the late 1970s, the agency has invested significantly in shale oil research.
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Margaret E. Kosal, The Conversation, 12 Jan. 2025
In 2016, largely in response to dramatically falling oil prices due to U.S. shale oil output, OPEC signed an agreement with 10 other oil-producing countries to create OPEC+.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024
This is meeting pushback from experts who argue that, first, most drilling is on private lands and so the federal government has little influence over drilling rates, but also some are now claiming that a peak in U.S. shale oil production is near.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Experts credit the growth in shale oil and shale gas production, increases in renewable energies such as solar and wind and improvements in the energy efficiency of buildings and vehicles.
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 30 July 2024
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Margaret E. Kosal, The Conversation, 12 Jan. 2025
In 2016, largely in response to dramatically falling oil prices due to U.S. shale oil output, OPEC signed an agreement with 10 other oil-producing countries to create OPEC+.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024
This is meeting pushback from experts who argue that, first, most drilling is on private lands and so the federal government has little influence over drilling rates, but also some are now claiming that a peak in U.S. shale oil production is near.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Experts credit the growth in shale oil and shale gas production, increases in renewable energies such as solar and wind and improvements in the energy efficiency of buildings and vehicles.
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 30 July 2024
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“Shale oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shale%20oil. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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