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Slugcatcher and the profitless prosperity which is shale oil

EVERY boom ends in a bust and unless Slugcatcher is misreading his tea leaves it looks like the shale-boom which has rocked the oil and gas world for the past decade might be poised for a bust.

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The reality of shale is that it is a fail

The reality of shale is that it is a fail

  Technically speaking that's not true - or to be more precise the technical aspects of producing petroleum from tight rock units such as shale are not failing.   Financially speaking it's a different...

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