Download or read book An Overview of Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas written by Congressional Research Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report focuses on the growth in U.S. oil and natural gas production driven primarily by tight oil formations and shale gas formations. It also reviews selected federal environmental regulatory and research initiatives related to unconventional oil and gas extraction, including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hydraulic fracturing rule (expected in January 2015) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions.