Louisiana - the capital of voodoo in the U.S. - has an aura of mystery to it, but fracking companies in the Pelican State can't have any mysteries in their hydraulic fracturing fluid.

Activity related to the Tyler Formation is spilling from North Dakota to South Dakota, amid industry speculation that the play could contain significant crude reserves.

A Pennsylvania court case that has the potential to reverse a century of case law and several Marcellus shale gas leases has been appealed to the state's Supreme Court.

China is planning on implementing a value-based tax on sales of natural gas and oil throughout the nation starting in November, according to a statement made by the Ministry of Finance on October 10.

The Eagle Ford play in southeast Texas presents local refineries with the opportunity to get crude oil at lower costs than using imported oil.

Financial services firm Dundee Securities recently reiterated its Neutral rating and C$2.40 target share price for oil and gas company RMP Energy (RMP:TSX).

Russia is not known as an environmentally conscious country but that hasn't stopped the world's largest producer of natural gas from claiming that exploiting shale gas comes with high environmental risks.

The horizontal wells drilled by junior oil and gas company RMP Energy (RMP:TSX) in the Montney formation indicated test rates of 1,863 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), 1,413 boe/d and 434 boe/d.