President-elect Donald Trump wants U.S. oil producers to rekindle their once-frenzied drilling, but the country’s shale patch has changed since his first administration. Wildcatters are mostly ...

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The object of their attention is oil shale, a rock so rich in an oil-like substance that certain pieces will ignite when held up to a flame. Piceance Creek runs through lands that are part of the ...