Often referred to as the rock that burns, oil shale boasts a high concentration of petroleum-like ... we should remember – would prefer not to wait for nature to take its course. They are inclined to ...

a documentary from The Nature of Things. An incredible look at Earth’s distant past Since I was a teenager, I’ve been reading about the rich vein of rock known as the Burgess Shale.

Fracking-the high-pressure injection of water, chemicals and sand into shale deposits to release the gas and oil trapped within the rock-in recent years has been combined with horizontal drilling ...

Shale oil mainly refers to liquid hydrocarbons trapped in formations of shale rock that can be extracted for refining. It is often found in organic-rich shale and thin interlayers of carbonate ...