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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.
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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
That move was in response to the then-nascent boom in US shale oil production coming mainly from the Permian Basin, the Bakken Shale, and the Eagle Ford Shale.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
That bureaucracy was whittled down ahead of the Bakken shale oil boom, which flooded money into the area where poverty even now is double the national rate.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 12 July 2024
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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
That move was in response to the then-nascent boom in US shale oil production coming mainly from the Permian Basin, the Bakken Shale, and the Eagle Ford Shale.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
That bureaucracy was whittled down ahead of the Bakken shale oil boom, which flooded money into the area where poverty even now is double the national rate.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 12 July 2024
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“Shale oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shale%20oil. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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