• Searcy, Arkansas

    For generations in towns like Searcy, Arkansas community has meant conversation.

    As part of that community, the oil and natural gas industry is listening to the interests of citizens and responding to their concerns.

  • North Dakota, Technology's New Frontier

    Each day, in towns like Tioga, North Dakota, men and women of the oil and natural gas industry use technologies to open a new frontier – one that lies right beneath our feet.

    Innovative technologies like horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing help today’s energy workers unlock previously untapped oil and natural gas in ways that protect groundwater resources and help secure America’s energy future.

  • Lorain, Ohio

    Steel; once a symbol of America's might, now a symbol of our will.

    Thanks to the energy industry, places like Lorain, Ohio are booming again.

  • Celina, Texas

    As an energy industry worker in Celina, Texas, Chad Dean is part of something big.

    Men and women of the energy industry are using hydraulic fracturing coupled with horizontal drilling to unlock the energy reserves right here at home.

  • Williamsport, Pennsylvania

    New jobs. Renewed hope.

    In towns across America, like Williamsport, PA, people are experiencing the benefits of shale energy. 

North Dakota

Shale Plays Include:

The nation’s third-largest oil producer, North Dakota is home to the Bakken shale gas play, which holds an estimated 3.6 billion barrels of oil.