To some skeptics of oil shale development, even the process Shell is pursuing appears pie-in-the-sky. It envisions both long, slow heating of in-situ shale to produce kerogen and simultaneous use of a ...

BOSTON – A major defense contractor is selling technology to a large oilfield services company that hopes microwaves will someday become a key tool in unlocking the vast but hard-to-extract oil ...

05 October 2011 AMMAN (JT) - An agreement signed in March for a British company to exploit Jordan's oil shale resources has received official approval, according to a statement from the UK embassy in ...