It ain’t new. Shale oil is there for the taking by anyone who can take it economically enough to make it worthwhile, and who can weather the brickbats of greenies who don’t want people to go into the shale fields, process the shale, and leave behind de-oiled shale residue.
I know shale oil and gas is not new, I was referring to all of the talk about it from the MSM all of a sudden.