During the Cold War, while the Space Race pitted the Soviet Union against the United States to conquer the skies, the two countries were also vying to drill as deep as possible into the earth. The USSR embarked on drilling a hole in 1970 on the Kola Peninsula located east of Finland.  By 1983 the project, named the Kola Superdeep ...

To bring in the New Year, Shale Plays Media is counting down the days with a series that will recount the top stories we’ve covered over the past year. So far, we’ve recapped the new carbon emission regulations and the controversy surrounding oilfield waste disposal. Mostly, we keep our readers up to date with current events, but sometimes we like ...