At the recent BRICS summit, leaders reaffirmed the continued role of fossil fuels in emerging markets, citing the resource wealth of member states like Brazil and Venezuela. Brazil, Guyana, and ...

Brazil, Guyana, and Argentina are leading a significant growth in non-OPEC oil production in South America, actively reshaping the continent's energy landscape. Colombia's oil industry faces a crisis ...

Watford City, North Dakota, Oil production in the Bakken shale formation near the Missouri River. (Photo by: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) eaking of shale oil production and ...

President Donald Trump's push for lower oil prices, higher tariffs and the resulting policy uncertainty are hurting investment, shale executives said. Nearly 80% of oil companies surveyed by the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. The U.S. shale oil and gas boom that began early this century had ...

Cyclic carbon dioxide injection, also known as "CO2 huff-n-puff," is a multi-phase process in which CO2 is pumped into a reservoir to enhance oil production from naturally occurring rock formations.

Even after years of technological breakthroughs, the shale industry still leaves most of the oil underground. At best, American drillers siphon away 15% to 10% of what’s potentially available; the ...