Greenwire: The United States is in the early stages of a boom in domestic oil production, sparked by the same innovations in drilling technologies that tapped shale to spur a 20 percent spike in natural gas output. Shale oil production is already booming in western North Dakota where light crude production from the Bakken Shale formation is transforming the state economy
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U.S. shale boom seen casting long shadow over global energy landscape
