But the robust recovery of the US
shale oil activity, which is expected to continue in October, will limit price gains in the future.
Not exact matches
«According to the most recent assessment, the steady
oil price recovery since summer 2017 and renewed interest in growth opportunities has led to
oil majors catching up in terms of exploration
activity this year, both in the
shale industry and offshore deep water,» OPEC said.
Specifically, lower
oil prices have resulted in marginally less
activity at some of the domestic
shale oil fields.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released another EIA Drilling
Activity report that raised its estimates for
shale oil production without considering the realities on the ground.
Biologist Sonja Wedmann, then at the Institute of Paleontology at the University of Bonn, analyzed the fossil after it was dug up from
oil shale deposits in what was once a small lake formed by volcanic
activity.
Because there are still many unanswered questions about the technology, water use, and impacts of potential commercial - scale
oil shale development, we're proposing a prudent and orderly approach that could facilitate significant improvements to technology needed for commercial - scale
activity,» BLM director Bob Abbey said in a prepared statement.
Global
oil discoveries and new projects fell to historic lows in 2016 US
shale oil production has become a fundamental factor in balancing low
activity in the conventional
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and «Despite this long history of drilling and production history there has been little
activity in Ontario targeted at
shale oil and gas drilling and production.»
Take ConocoPhillips, which highlights its «emerging technologies and alternative energy sources»
activities on its website — but fails to mention that in April 2012 it divested all of these
activities to focus exclusively on its «core business» of exploring for and producing
oil and natural gas, and specifically to take advantage of the North American «
shale revolution» and tar sands production in Canada.