A strident campaign has been mounted over the past couple of years to promote shale gas as a ‘game-changing’ new source of energy that can be extracted readily and in plentiful amounts, can reduce ...

Is shale gas actually worse than coal ... The researchers say that it’s partly down to the character of the gas coming up. In some fields, like the Denver, Utah, and Los Angeles ones mentioned ...

AMERICA'S “unconventional” gas boom continues to amaze. Between 2005 and 2010 the country's shale-gas industry, which produces natural gas from shale rock by bombarding it with water and ...

What is shale gas and how much is there globally? Shale gas is a form of natural gas (mostly methane), found underground in shale rock. It is classified as ‘unconventional’ because it is found in ...

Shale gas has transformed the U.S. energy landscape in the past several years—but it may crowd out renewable energy and other ways of cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, a new study warns.

In a further expansion of Morocco's domestic energy efforts, Ireland's Circle Oil announced late last week that gas had begun flowing from its first shale well. According to a UPI report ...

SHALE gas and oil are propelling America to energy self-sufficiency and giving its economy a handy boost. Europe’s shale-gas deposits are said almost to match those across the Atlantic (see map).

Louisiana is cashing in on its slice of the great American boom in shale gas. Engineers have known for decades that huge reserves of gas lay trapped tight in shale rocks - but they couldn't ...

The new kid on the energy block, shale gas, may be worse in climate change terms than coal, a study concludes. Drawn from rock through a controversial "fracking" process, some hail the gas as a ...

Although there is currently no shale gas production in Europe, Polish energy experts say it could easily be brought back to the table to alleviate the European energy crisis. The war in Ukraine ...