At long last, a commercial shale well is in the offing.

Conventional producers are slashing costs and once again reinvesting in new projects.

It’s not their stated purpose with their latest call to heed production cuts, but it’s what will happen in this new oil reality.

We’re heading into uncharted waters, thanks to shale.

A Chinese spokesperson called for an end to joint drilling operations between Spain’s Repsol and Vietnam.

The industry is hurting from equipment and personnel shortages.

Moscow wants Libya and Nigeria to share the burden.

Economic growth is predictably sluggish for petrostates.

A Schlumberger surge is a good sign for the health of the U.S. shale industry.

Ecuador is ignoring OPEC demands to reduce output.