Primary Vision says bigger frac jobs, AI and efficiency reshaped U.S. shale in 2025, weakening oil price signals and guiding Permian budgets for 2026.

Explore the differences between shale oil and conventional oil, including extraction costs and methods, and how these impact oil market profitability.

If the US operation in Venezuela tells us anything, it’s that Washington is thinking past the shale boom and back to a more traditional playbook.

Oil prices are already under pressure due to ample supply and weak demand growth, adding strain on US shale producers.

Argentina has overtaken Colombia as South America’s fourth-largest oil producer, driven by rapid shale development in the Vaca Muerta and led by state-controlled YPF.

With production stalling and oil prices dropping, operators could focus on recovery rates and inventory, analysts say

Following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces, President Donald Trump is setting his sights on Venezuelan oil. But according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal on January 7,

Researchers find that Earth’s orbital rhythms influenced sediment and organic preservation in Jurassic shale deposits.

On the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains, teams of scientists and engineers are working on a feat of modern day alchemy: turning rocks into oil. The object of their attention is oil shale, a rock so rich in an oil-like substance that certain pieces ...

America’s second shale boom is running out of steam. But don’t panic just yet, a third one may be coming over the horizon. The U.S. Energy Information Administration published its latest short-term energy outlook last week and has cut its forecast of ...